磨嘴

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	mouth
trad. (磨嘴)		磨	嘴
simp. #(磨嘴)		磨	嘴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mózuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mózuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mózuěi
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-tsui³
    • Yale: mwó-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: motzoei
    • Palladius: моцзуй (moczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ zeoi²
    • Yale: mòh jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

磨嘴

1. (dialect) to jabber; to blah
2. (dialect) to do a lot of talking
3. (dialect) to indulge in idle talk; to argue pointlessly