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羽毛

羽毛

Chinese

		feather	hair; pore; fur
simp. and trad. (羽毛)		羽	毛

Noun

羽毛

feather

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羽	毛
う Grade: 2	もう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

羽毛 ‎(hiragana うもう, romaji umō)

feathers, plumage

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǔmáo

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ mou⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yí-mô
Min Nan (POJ): ú-mô͘ / ú-mn̂g / í-mô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǔmáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeumau
  - IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ mou⁴
  - Yale: yúh mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ mou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mou̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí-mô
  - Hakka Romanization System: i` mo´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi³ mo¹
  - IPA: /i³¹ mo²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí-mô
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i` mo´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi³ mo¹
  - IPA: /(j)i³¹ mo²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ú-môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: wmoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: ú-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: wmngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: í-môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ymoo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ¹³/