磨喙舌

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	tongue; eloquence
trad. (磨喙舌)		磨	喙舌
simp. ^#(磨喙舌)		磨	喙舌

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bôa-chhùi-chi̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-chhùi-chi̍h
  - Tâi-lô: buâ-tshuì-tsi̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boazhuiecih
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bua¹³⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bua²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bua²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiʔ⁴/

Verb

磨⫽喙舌 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(Southern Min) to take a lot of talking and explaining; to argue needlessly

Synonyms

費口舌／费口舌 (fèi kǒushé)

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