微乎其微 meaning in English

wēihūqíwēi

a tiny bit; very little

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Meaning of 微乎其微

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wēihūqíwēi
  1. a tiny bit
  2. very little
  3. next to nothing (idiom)

微乎其微 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

赢yíng的de机jī会huì微wēi乎hū其qí微wēi。
There's an outside chance of winning.
我wǒ知zhī道dào有yǒu人rén认rèn识shí我wǒ的de可kě能néng性xìng微wēi乎hū其qí微wēi。
I know that it is highly unlikely that anyone knows me.
总zǒng体tǐ来lái说shuō,贵guì族zú受shòu到dào税shuì收shōu的de影yǐng响xiǎng微wēi乎hū其qí微wēi。
Generally speaking, nobles were only very slightly affected by taxes.

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微 wēi · small · 13 strokes

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乎 hū · interrogative or exclamatory final part… · 5 strokes

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其 qí · his · 8 strokes

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微 wēi · small · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 微乎其微.

其他qítāother; (sth or sb) else
其中qízhōngamong; in
其实qíshíactually; in fact; really
其次qícìnext; secondly
似乎sìhūit seems; seemingly; as if
几乎jīhūalmost; nearly; practically
不在乎bùzàihunot to care
在乎zàihuto rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative)
微笑wēixiàosmile; to smile
其余qíyúthe rest; the others
极其jíqíextremely
微信wēixìnWeixin or WeChat (instant messaging and social media app developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Teng2

Questions about 微乎其微

What does 微乎其微 mean?

微乎其微 (wēihūqíwēi) means "a tiny bit; very little".

How do you write 微乎其微?

微乎其微 is made of 4 characters: 微 (13 strokes), 乎 (5 strokes), 其 (8 strokes), 微 (13 strokes). That is 39 strokes in total.