磨洋工

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	ocean; foreign	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (磨洋工)		磨	洋	工
simp. #(磨洋工)		磨	洋	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móyánggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ joeng⁴ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móyánggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móyánggong
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-yang²-kung¹
    • Yale: mwó-yáng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moyanggong
    • Palladius: моянгун (mojangun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ joeng⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: mòh yèuhng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ joeng⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ yêng⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ jœːŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

磨洋工

1. to dawdle over one's work; to loaf on the job; to lie down on the job