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

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• 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

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

Derived terms

• 磨磨嘰嘰／磨磨叽叽 (mòmojījī)