"微乎其微" meaning in Chinese

See 微乎其微 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/ [Cantonese, 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, Mandarin], weihucíwei [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei¹-hu¹-chʻi²-wei¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wēi-hū-chí-wēi [Mandarin, Yale], ueihuchyiuei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэйхуцивэй [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjxucivɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], wéihūqíwéi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wéihucíwéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei²-hu¹-chʻi²-wei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wéi-hū-chí-wéi [Mandarin, Yale], weihuchyiwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], mèih fùh kèih mèih [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁴ fu⁴ kéi⁴ méi⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 微乎其微
  1. very little; next to nothing Tags: idiomatic
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      "glosses": [
        "very little; next to nothing"
      ],
      "id": "en-微乎其微-zh-phrase-ZvYv9tfl",
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          "little",
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          "next to nothing",
          "next to nothing"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēihūqíwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihūqíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēihūqíwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weihucíwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei¹-hu¹-chʻi²-wei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēi-hū-chí-wēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ueihuchyiuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйхуцивэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjxucivɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihūqíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihucíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-hu¹-chʻi²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-hū-chí-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weihuchyiwei"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mèih fùh kèih mèih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁴ fu⁴ kéi⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "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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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Chinese idioms",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 乎",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 其",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 微",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "very little; next to nothing"
      ],
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          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "next to nothing",
          "next to nothing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēihūqíwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihūqíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēihūqíwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weihucíwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei¹-hu¹-chʻi²-wei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wēi-hū-chí-wēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ueihuchyiuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйхуцивэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjxucivɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihūqíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéihucíwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-hu¹-chʻi²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-hū-chí-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weihuchyiwei"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mèih fùh kèih mèih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁴ fu⁴ kei⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁴ fu⁴ kéi⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²¹ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "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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