蠅頭

Chinese

		fly; musca	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (蠅頭)		蠅	頭
simp. (蝇头)		蝇	头
Literally: “head of a housefly”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíngtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíngtóu
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-tʻou²
    • Yale: yíng-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngtour
    • Palladius: интоу (intou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

蠅頭

1. (figurative) trifle; trivial matter; minor thing

Derived terms

• 蠅頭小利／蝇头小利 (yíngtóuxiǎolì)
• 蠅頭微利／蝇头微利