磨磨蹭蹭

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	rub against; walk slowly; rub	rub against; walk slowly; rub
trad. (磨磨蹭蹭)		磨	磨	蹭	蹭
simp. #(磨磨蹭蹭)		磨	磨	蹭	蹭
AABB-type reduplication of 磨蹭 (mócèng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mómócèngcèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ ㄘㄥˋ ㄘㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ mo⁴ sang³ sang³, mo⁴ mo⁴ cang³ cang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mómócèngcèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ ㄘㄥˋ ㄘㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mómócèngcèng
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-mo²-tsʻêng⁴-tsʻêng⁴
    • Yale: mwó-mwó-tsèng-tsèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: momotsenqtsenq
    • Palladius: момоцэнцэн (momocɛncɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sʰɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ mo⁴ sang³ sang³, mo⁴ mo⁴ cang³ cang³
    • Yale: mòh mòh sang sang, mòh mòh chang chang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ mo⁴ sang³ sang³, mo⁴ mo⁴ tsang³ tsang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ mo⁴ seng³ seng³, mo⁴ mo⁴ ceng³ ceng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ mɔː²¹ sɐŋ³³ sɐŋ³³/, /mɔː²¹ mɔː²¹ t͡sʰɐŋ³³ t͡sʰɐŋ³³/

Verb

磨磨蹭蹭

1. to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally

Synonyms

• 磨蹭 (mócèng)
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 咪摸
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 咪咪摸摸
• (Hakka) 挨挨磨磨