毛毛

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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

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Pronunciation

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”)
Variety Location Words
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, 孲𤘅
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 Zhongshan (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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

毛毛

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