# 毫釐
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): háolí
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^4$ lei$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hò-lì
    (Hailu, HRS): ho li
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hor$^2$ li$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-lî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: háolí
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄌㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: háolí
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^2$-li$^2$
*** Yale: háu-lí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurli
*** Palladius: хаоли (xaoli)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^4$ lei$^4$
*** Yale: hòuh lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^4$ lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^4$ léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯²¹ lei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-lì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˇ$ li$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^2$ li$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ li¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho li
*** Sinological IPA: /ho⁵⁵ li⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hor$^2$ li$^2$ [Phonetic: hor$^5$ li$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó̤-lí
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒ¹³⁻²¹ li¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-lî
*** Tâi-lô: hô-lî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoilii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ li²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: haw li
Rime :
| Character | 毫 | 釐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 胡刀切 | 里之切 |
| Baxter | haw | li |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑu/ | /lɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑu/ | /lɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑu/ | /lie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaw/ | /lɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑu/ | /liə/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑu/ | /lĭə/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑu/ | /li/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | háo | lí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hou$^4$ | lei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaw [r]ə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːw rɯ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 毫 | 釐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | háo | lí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ haw › | ‹ li › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁaw/ | /*[r]ə/ |
| English | fine animal hair | regulate, govern |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 毫 | 釐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3748 | 7802 |
| Phonetic component | 高 | 釐 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 豪 | 釐 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːw/ | /*rɯ/ |
| Notes | | 金文象攴擊來麥脫粒， 治來來亦聲，而非未聲，來訛未乃轉註加里聲 |

### Noun

毫釐
* a very small amount

#### Derived terms

* 不差毫釐
* 失之毫釐，差之千里
* 失之毫釐，差以千里
* 失之毫釐，謬以千里
* 差之毫釐，謬之千里
* 差之毫釐，謬以千里 (chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ)
* 差以毫釐，失之千里 (chāyǐháolí, shīzhīqiānlǐ)
* 毫釐不爽
* 毫釐之差
* 毫釐千里
* 毫釐卜可
* 毫釐可

### References

* “毫釐”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “毫釐”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “毫釐”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 271.