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毫

háo

HSK 5 Character

What 毫 means

1. hair
2. drawing brush
3. (in the) least
4. one thousandth
5. currency unit, 0.1 yuan

Example sentences

• 毫无疑问。
  There's no doubt.
• 这毫无意义。
  That's quite meaningless.
• 我毫无顾虑。
  I don't have a care in the world.
• 我对你毫无隐瞒。
  Wǒ duì nǐ háowú yǐnmán.
  I have no secrets from you.
• 警方还毫无线索。
  Jǐngfāng hái háowú xiànsuǒ.
  The police still have no leads.
• 我对此毫不怀疑。
  Wǒ duì cǐ háobùhuáiyí.
  I don't doubt it in the least.

Words starting with 毫

• 毫无háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
• 毫米háo mǐmillimeter
• 毫不háo bùhardly; not in the least; not at all
• 毫不犹豫háo bù yóu yùwithout the slightest hesitation
• 毫无疑问háo wú yí wèncertainty; without a doubt
• 毫升háo shēngmilliliter
• 毫不客气háo bù kè qino trace of politeness; unrestrained (criticism)
• 毫不留情háo bù liú qíngto show no quarter; ruthless; relentless
• 毫克háo kèmilligram
• 毫不迟疑háo bù chí yíwithout the slightest hesitation
• 毫不费力háo bù fèi lìeffortless; not expending the slightest effort
• 毫发háo fàa hair; the slightest
• 毫秒háo miǎomillisecond, ms
• 毫安háo ānmilliampere
• 毫巴háo bāmillibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal)
• 毫微háo wēi(prefix) nano-
• 毫毛háo máofine hair (on the body); down; (often used figuratively as in 动毫毛
• 毫瓦háo wǎmilliwatt
• 毫针háo zhēnacupuncture needle
• 毫安时háo ān shímilliampere-hour (mAh)
• 毫微米háo wēi mǐmillimicron or one-millionth of a millimeter
• 毫米波háo mǐ bōmillimeter wave (radio signal)
• 毫不介意háo bu jiè yìto not mind (at all, a bit); to not care in the slightest
• 毫不怀疑háo bù huái yíwithout the slightest doubt

Words containing 毫

• 丝毫sī háothe slightest amount or degree; a bit
• 一丝一毫yī sī yī háoone thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota
• 挥毫huī háoto write or draw with a brush; to put pen to paper; to write
• 公毫gōng háocentigram
• 分毫fēn háofraction; slightest difference; hairsbreadth
• 动毫毛dòng háo máoto lay a finger on sb; to harm sb in the slightest way
• 分毫之差fēn háo zhī chāhairsbreadth difference
• 丝毫不差sī háo bù chāaccurate to perfection (idiom); precise to the finest detail
• 秋毫qiū háofine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall…
• 明察秋毫míng chá qiū háolit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)…
• 秋毫无犯qiū háo wú fàn(idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offense against…
• 狼毫láng háowriting brush of weasel bristle
• 挥毫洒墨huī háo sǎ mòto wield a writing brush (idiom)
• 析毫剖厘xī háo pōu líto analyze in the finest detail
• 濡毫rú háoto dip the pen into ink; to write
• 一分一毫yī fēn yī háo(idiom) the tiniest bit
• 失之毫厘，谬以千里shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐa tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous…
• 失之毫厘，差之千里shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐa tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous…
• 失之毫厘，差以千里shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐa tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous…
• 差之毫厘，失之千里chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐthe slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile
• 差之毫厘，谬以千里chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐthe slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile
• 伤毫毛shāng háo máosee 动毫毛

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 召zhàoto call together; to summon; to convene
• 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise; noisy
• 噪zào(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 咬yǎoto bite; to nip
• 哨shàoa whistle; sentry
• 嘲cháoto ridicule; to mock

Characters that look like 毫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 惫bèiexhausted
• 斋zhāito fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room

Sounds the same

Read háo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 豪grand; heroic
• 嚎howl; bawl
• 蚝oyster
• 濠trench
• 壕moat; (military) trench
• 号(bound form) to wail; to howl
• 嗥to howl (like a wolf)
• 諕to intimidate
• 譹to shout; to roar; to terrify