秋毫

Chinese

		autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing	hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth
trad. (秋毫)		秋	毫
simp. ^#(秋毫)		秋	毫

Etymology

Originally referred to the extremely fine feathers which birds grow in autumn. Later used as a metaphor for anything in extremely small amounts.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiūháo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡㄏㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ hou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiu-hô͘ / chhiu-hô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiūháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡㄏㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciouháo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-hao²
  - Yale: chyōu-háu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouhaur
  - Palladius: цюхао (cjuxao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cau¹ hou⁴
  - Yale: chāu hòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ hou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ hou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiu-hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshiu-hôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiu'hoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu³³ hɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiu-hô
  - Tâi-lô: tshiu-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiu'hooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/

Adverb

秋毫

(literary) a small amount; a little bit; in the slightest

Noun

秋毫

(archaic) the extremely fine feathers which birds grow in autumn

Korean

Hanja in this term
秋	毫

Noun

秋毫 • (chuho) (hangeul 추호)

hanja form^? of 추호 (“something very small; especially in the construction 추호 도 없다 (chuho-do eopda, “to not have the slightest...”)”)