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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 九牛一毛
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 九牛一毛 | jiǔ niú - yī máo | - lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) - fig. a drop in the ocean |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 67,432 | 60,343 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 九 | jiǔ | - nine - 9 |
| 牛 | niú | - surname Niu |
| 牛 | niú | - ox - cow - bull - CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] - newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) - (slang) awesome |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 毛 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 毛 | máo | - hair - feather - down - wool - mildew - mold - coarse or semifinished - young - raw - careless - unthinking - nervous - scared - (of currency) to devalue or depreciate - classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
Other Words Containing 九牛一毛
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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