There's an outside chance of winning.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
微乎其微
a tiny bit
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
a tiny bit
02
very little
03
next to nothing (idiom)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 微乎其微 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 微乎其微 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I know that it is highly unlikely that anyone knows me.
Generally speaking, nobles were only very slightly affected by taxes.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 微乎其微.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 微乎其微.
Directly before
- 机会微乎其微1
- 可能性微乎其微1
- 影响微乎其微1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 微乎其微
What does 微乎其微 mean in Chinese?
微乎其微 (wēihūqíwēi) means a tiny bit.
How do you pronounce 微乎其微?
微乎其微 is pronounced wēihūqíwēi.
Is 微乎其微 an HSK word?
微乎其微 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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