"微乎其微" meaning in Chinese

See 微乎其微 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, Standard-Chinese], /weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], /mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/, /weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/, /mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: wēihūqíwēi [Mandarin, Pinyin], wéihūqíwéi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wēihūqíwēi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese], ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, bopomofo], weihucíwei [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei¹-hu¹-chʻi²-wei¹ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Wade-Giles], wēi-hū-chí-wēi [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Yale], ueihuchyiuei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese], вэйхуцивэй [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese], vɛjxucivɛj [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese], wéihūqíwéi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, bopomofo], wéihucíwéi [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei²-hu¹-chʻi²-wei² [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Wade-Giles], wéi-hū-chí-wéi [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Yale], weihuchyiwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], вэйхуцивэй [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], vɛjxucivɛj [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], mèih fùh kèih mèih [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], méi⁴ fu⁴ kéi⁴ méi⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 微乎其微
  1. very little; next to nothing Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-微乎其微-zh-phrase-ZvYv9tfl Categories (other): Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations

Download JSON data for 微乎其微 meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)

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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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    {
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "wei¹-hu¹-chʻi²-wei¹"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēi-hū-chí-wēi"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ueihuchyiuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйхуцивэй"
    },
    {
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        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjxucivɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
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      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihucíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-hu¹-chʻi²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-hū-chí-wéi"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weihuchyiwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйхуцивэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjxucivɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mèih fùh kèih mèih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁴ fu⁴ kéi⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "微乎其微"
}
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        "bopomofo"
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    {
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        "bopomofo"
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    },
    {
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
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    },
    {
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        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei¹-hu¹-chʻi²-wei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēi-hū-chí-wēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ueihuchyiuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйхуцивэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjxucivɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihūqíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihucíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-hu¹-chʻi²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-hū-chí-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weihuchyiwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйхуцивэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjxucivɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mèih fùh kèih mèih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁴ fu⁴ kéi⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "微乎其微"
}

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