HSK 5 · Adjectives

丝毫 sīháo “the slightest amount or degree” in Chinese

Traditional 絲毫

What 丝毫 means

  1. the slightest amount or degree
  2. a bit

How to say 丝毫

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale丝sī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale毫háo2nd tone, rising

丝毫 in a sentence

  1. 情况丝毫没有改变。

    Qíngkuàng sīháo méiyǒu gǎibiàn.

    The situation hasn’t changed at all.

    Sentence #8914614 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 简的美丽丝毫不逊色于她母亲。

    Jiǎn de měilì sīháo bú xùnsè yú tā mǔqīn.

    Jane is every bit as beautiful as her mother.

    Sentence #1416072 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 丝毫 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 丝 (sī) drawn as one shape
丝sīsilk

丝 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 毫 (háo) with each of its parts in a different colour
毫háohair
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 毛fur · máoMeaning part

How to write 丝毫

丝 5 strokes · 毫 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

丝毫 (sīháo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 丝毫 (sīháo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 丝毫

Words with 丝

丝绸sīchóu · silk cloth一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous

Words with 毫

毫米háomǐ · millimetre毫无háowú · not at all

More words: Adjectives

时髦shímáo · in vogue实用shíyòng · practical舒适shūshì · cosy熟练shúliàn · practised私人sīrén · private坦率tǎnshuài · frank烫tàng · very hot特殊tèshū · special

FAQs

丝毫 (sīháo) means “the slightest amount or degree” or “a bit”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it sīháo: sī with a 1st tone, then háo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 丝毫 is written 絲毫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sihao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 丝毫 from the suggestions. Typing sihao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
丝毫 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.