# 毛毛
## Chinese
### 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): mou$^4$ mou$^{4-1}$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-mò̤
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mao$^2$ mao$^5$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mau$^2$ mau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máomao
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máomåo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$-mao$^5$
*** Yale: máu-mau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mau
*** Palladius: маомао (maomao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^4$ mou$^{4-1}$
*** Yale: mòuh mōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^4$ mou$^{4-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^4$ mou$^{4-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²¹ mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-mò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /mo⁵³⁻³³ mo⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mao$^2$ mao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: máu mâu
*** Sinological IPA : /mau⁵²⁻³⁵ mau⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: mau$^2$ mau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/

#### Noun

毛毛
* fine hair (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c)
* (colloquial, regional) baby
* (Eastern Min) hair; fur; feather

##### Synonyms

* (baby):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 嬰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嬰兒, 嬰孩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嬰孩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嬰兒, 寶寶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嬰兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 娃娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胎娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小毛娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嫩娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | BB仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蘇蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 毛蝦 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 赤蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛伢子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 毛伢崽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 毛毛仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 孲𤘅哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孲𤘅子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嫩仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蝦毛子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 孲𤘅子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 伢人子, 毛伢子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 赤伢 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 伢毛子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿佅, 嬰仔 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細妹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小娃娃 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小娃子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𤘅仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兒囝囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 嬰仔, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 嬰仔, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 嬰囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 紅嬰 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 毛毛崽 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | anak |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 儂 |
| Southern Min | 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 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小小囡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小毛毛, 毛毛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 娒兒, 娒娒兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 王男 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它 |
| Xiang | 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
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máomáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máomáo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$-mao$^2$
*** Yale: máu-máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maumau
*** Palladius: маомао (maomao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

#### Adjective

毛毛
* uncomfortable and scared
    讓人毛毛的／让人毛毛的 ― ràng rén máomáo de ― discomforting

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* Jin (Wiktionary): mau$^2$ mau$^{2-1}$
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mau$^2$ mau$^{2-1}$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau⁵³ mau⁵³⁻¹¹/

#### Noun

毛毛
* (Jin) one jiao note; paper bill worth one jiao