Chinese Word Entry

秋毫
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄠˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): qiū háo
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau1 hou4
Definitions:
  1. fine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall

  2. (fig) sth barely discernible

  3. the slightest thing

  4. the minutest detail


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Chinese characters used in this word

autumn, fall, year
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄧㄡ (qiū)
Cantonese: cau1
Japanese: シュウ (shuu) / あき (aki)、 とき (toki)
Korean: 추 (chu)
Vietnamese: thu

fine hair, brush, not at all, measure of length
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄠˊ (háo)
Cantonese: hou4
Japanese: ゴウ (gou)、 コウ (kou) / ごう.も (goumo)、 すこし (sukoshi)
Korean: 호 (ho)
Vietnamese: hào