# 毛毛雨
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): máomaoyǔ, máomáoyǔ
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄩˇ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mao$^2$ mao$^{2-1}$ yu$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^4$ mou$^4$ jyu$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mau$^4$ mau y$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mau$^1$ mau$^1$ yi$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mau-mau-yu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máomaoyǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máomåoyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$-mao$^5$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: máu-mau-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mauyeu
*** Palladius: маомаоюй (maomaojuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máomaoyǔr
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄩˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máomåoyǔr
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$-mao$^5$-yü$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: máu-mau-yǔr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mauyeuel
*** Palladius: маомаоюйр (maomaojujr)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ yə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máomáoyǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máomáoyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$-mao$^2$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: máu-máu-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maumauyeu
*** Palladius: маомаоюй (maomaojuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mao$^2$ mao$^{2-1}$ yu$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: maomaoy
*** Sinological IPA : /mau²¹ mau²¹⁻⁵⁵ y⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^4$ mou$^4$ jyu$^5$
*** Yale: mòuh mòuh yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^4$ mou$^4$ jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^4$ mou$^4$ yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²¹ mou̯²¹ jyː¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mau$^4$ mau y$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mau³⁵ mau² y²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mau$^1$ mau$^1$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /mau⁴⁴ mau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i³¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mau-mau-yu
*** MiniDict: mau$^去$ mau yu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mau-mau-hhy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² mɔ⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

### Noun

毛毛雨
* drizzle; light rain
* (figurative) piece of cake; mere trifle
* (figurative) tip-off

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 毛毛雨, 小雨, 細雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 毛毛雨, 毛毛兒雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 毛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 毛毛雨, 濛糝雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 毛兒毛兒雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 毛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 毛愣雨兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 毛毛雨兒, 牛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 濛濛雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 毛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 毛毛雨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 毛毛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 濛濛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 毛毛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 毛毛雨兒, 噴布雨兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 毛毛雨兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 毛毛雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 濛雨, 濛鬆子小雨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牛毛雨, 牛毛細雨, 毛毛雨, 濛星 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 毛毛雨兒, 霧露毛子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 毛毛雨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 毛兒毛兒雨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 毛毛雨兒, 小毛毛雨兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 毛毛雨, 乾籮細 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛濛雨, 霧星 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 毛毛雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 蠅母尿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 毛毛雨, 羅麵小雨兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 霧星雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 毛毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 濛濛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 麻紛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 毛毛兒雨, 濛濛兒雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 毛毛兒雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 毛毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 毛毛雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 毛毛雨兒, 牛毛細雨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 毛毛雨, 毛毛雨兒, 霧毛雨, 霧毛兒雨, 霧毛雨兒, 霧毛兒, 霧拉毛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 毛毛雨, 牛毛細細雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 毛毛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 毛毛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 毛毛雨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 毛毛兒雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 毛毛雨, 麻麻雨, 毛飛飛兒雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 毛毛雨, 麻噴雨, 麻噴, 麻噴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 麻紛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 毛毛雨, 毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 濛鬆雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 毛毛兒雨, 濛濛兒雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 毛毛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 毛毛雨, 牛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 毛毛小雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 毛毛雨, 毛雨, 小毛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 濛鬆雨, 毛鬆子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 毛毛雨, 小霧拉子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小毛沙子, 小毛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 毛蝦兒雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 濛濛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 毛毛雨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 麻噴子雨, 麻噴子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雨微, 雨微微, 雨微毛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 毛毛雨, 微微雨, 雨粉, 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 微雨 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 水微塵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 雨微仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 毛毛雨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 雨微 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蝨乸雨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 雨微仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 雨微微 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 雨微微 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 雨仔尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 水塵 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 水仔飛飛 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 雨仔尾 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 飛水仔, 細水, 水仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 飛水仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 飛水仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 毛毛雨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 雨微, 雨微粉, 雨微絲, 雨仔微絲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 微微雨 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 毛毛雨 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 水仔 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 雨微 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛毛雨 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 狗毛雨 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 毛雨, 細雨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 雨毛, 毛毛雨, 細雨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 水微仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 水毛塵 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 濛蝦水 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 水毛 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 微毛細水 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 眉毛雨子, 細雨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雨毛屑仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 雨毛 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 細雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 水毛仔, 雨毛屑仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雨毛, 雨毛屑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雨微仔, 雨微屑仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雨浘, 屑屑雨, 雨毛 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 水毛 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 水毛 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 落毛毛雨, 雨毛仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 落細水 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 水毛飛飛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 毛毛雨 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 濛濛雨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 毛毛雨, 羅麵雨, 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 濛沙沙雨, 牛毛細雨 |
| Jin | Datong | 濛糝子雨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 羅麵雨, 濛糝糝兒雨 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 毛毛細雨 |
| Jin | Linhe | 毛毛雨, 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Jining | 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 毛毛雨, 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 濛糝糝雨 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 毛毛雨 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 濛濛雨 |
| Jin | Handan | 濛濛雨 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 羅麵雨 |
| Jin | Suide | 濛濛雨兒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 雨濛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 雨毛仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 雨濛仔, 雨霎仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 雨濛囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨微仔, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 雨綿仔, 毛毛仔雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 毛毛仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 毛毛仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 霎雨綿仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 微微仔雨, 霎雨仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 雨霎仔, 霎霎雨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 毛毛仔雨, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 雨微, 微微仔雨, 霎霎仔雨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 細陣雨, 雨霎仔, 雨毛仔, 雨微仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 雨微 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛毛雨, 細雨, 孧雨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 雨微囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 雨囝微微, 細雨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 狗毛雨, 細雨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 毛毛雨, 麻花雨 dated, 雨麻花 dated, 埲塵雨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 麻花雨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 毛毛雨, 濛鬆雨, 細雨, 小雨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 毛毛雨, 濛濛雨 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 毛毛細雨, 雨毛細細 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 毛毛雨 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 毛毛雨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 毛雨子, 細雨子, 細雨, 麻噴子, 麻噴子雨 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 毛毛雨, 毛雨子, 細雨 |

#### See also

* 細雨／细雨 (xìyǔ)
* 小雨 (xiǎoyǔ)