毛毛

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad. (毛毛)		毛	毛

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máomao

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mou^4-1
• Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-mò̤
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mao² mao⁵
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mau² mau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomao
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomåo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao⁵
    • Yale: máu-mau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mau
    • Palladius: маомао (maomao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ mou^4-1
    • Yale: mòuh mōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mou^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ mou^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-mò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻³³ mo⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mao² mao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: máu mâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵²⁻³⁵ mau⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mau² mau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/

Noun

毛毛

1. fine hair (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c)
2. (colloquial, regional) baby
3. (Eastern Min) hair; fur; feather

Synonyms

• (baby):

Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嬰兒, 嬰孩
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嬰孩兒
	Taiwan	嬰兒, 寶寶
	Singapore	嬰兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	娃娃
	Wanrong	胎娃
	Xuzhou	小毛娃兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
	Wuhan	毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
	Guiyang	嫩娃娃
	Kunming	小每每, 小咕奶兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔
	Hong Kong	BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔
	Macau	BB仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蘇蝦仔
	Taishan	毛蝦
	Dongguan	蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蘇蝦
Gan	Nanchang	毛伢子
	Lichuan	毛伢崽
	Pingxiang	毛毛仔
Hakka	Meixian	孲𤘅仔
	Xingning	孲𤘅哩
	Huidong (Daling)	孲𤘅仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孲𤘅子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫩仔
	Changting	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Wuping	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝦毛子
	Liancheng	孲𤘅子
	Yudu	伢人子, 毛伢子
	Ruijin	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Shicheng	赤伢
	Shangyou (Shexi)	伢毛子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	孲𤘅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿佅, 嬰仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細妹
Jin	Taiyuan	小娃娃
	Xinzhou	小娃子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤘅仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兒囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	嬰仔, 幼囝
	Quanzhou	嬰仔, 幼囝
	Jinjiang	幼囝
	Yongchun	嬰囝
	Zhangzhou	嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝
	Taipei	嬰仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	紅嬰
	Kaohsiung	紅嬰仔
	Yilan	紅嬰仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	紅嬰仔
	Taichung	紅嬰仔
	Tainan	紅嬰仔
	Hsinchu	紅嬰仔
	Kinmen	嬰仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	嬰仔
	Guilin (Biyange)	毛毛崽
	Shantou	孥囝
	Jieyang	伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯
	Singapore (Teochew)	anak
	Leizhou	儂
	Haikou	囝, 儂 intimate
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	丫囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	娃娃
Wu	Shanghai	小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小小囡
	Suzhou	小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
	Danyang	小毛毛, 毛毛
	Hangzhou	小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
	Ningbo	奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
	Wenzhou	娒兒, 娒娒兒
	Jinhua	王男
Xiang	Changsha	毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
	Loudi	毛毛唧, 毛毛

• (hair): 毛 (máo)

Derived terms

• 小毛毛
• 毛毛伢
• 毛毛匠
• 毛毛唧
• 毛毛它
• 毛毛汗
• 毛毛熱／毛毛热
• 毛毛蟲／毛毛虫
• 毛毛雨
• 毛毛頭／毛毛头

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máomáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomáo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao²
    • Yale: máu-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maumau
    • Palladius: маомао (maomao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Adjective

毛毛

1. uncomfortable and scared

   讓人毛毛的／让人毛毛的  ―  ràng rén máomáo de  ―  discomforting

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): mau² mau^2-1

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mau² mau^2-1
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau⁵³ mau⁵³⁻¹¹/

Noun

毛毛

1. (Jin) one jiao note; paper bill worth one jiao