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毛毛雨

毛毛雨

Chinese

		baby	rain
simp. and trad. (毛毛雨)		毛毛	雨
Literally: “little bits of rain; drizzle”.

Noun

毛毛雨

drizzle; light rain
(figuratively) piece of cake; mere trifle
(figuratively) tip-off

See also

細雨／细雨 (xìyǔ)
小雨 (xiǎoyǔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): máomáoyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mou⁴ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: máomáoyǔ → máomaoyǔ (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇ → ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠ˙ ㄩˇ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mauyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: máomáoyǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maumauyeuel
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ mou⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: mòuh mòuh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mou⁴ jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mou̯²¹ jyː¹³/