磨喙舌
Chinese
grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub |
tongue; eloquence | ||
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trad. (磨喙舌) | 磨 | 喙舌 | |
simp. #(磨喙舌) | 磨 | 喙舌 |
Pronunciation
- 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 t͡siʔ¹²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bua²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siʔ²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /bua²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
磨喙舌
- (Southern Min) to take a lot of talking and explaining; to argue needlessly