磨嘰

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (磨嘰)		磨	嘰
simp. (磨叽)		磨	叽
alternative forms		磨唧默唧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòji

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ˙ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòji
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ˙ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòji̊
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-chi⁵
  - Yale: mwò-ji
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh.ji
  - Palladius: моцзи (moczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo⁴ gei¹
  - Yale: mòh gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

磨嘰

(regional, colloquial, derogatory) to be very slow; to dawdle; to do things very slowly
(regional, colloquial, derogatory) to be long-winded; to prattle on

Derived terms

磨磨嘰嘰／磨磨叽叽 (mòmojījī)

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