磨豆腐

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
trad. (磨豆腐)		磨	豆腐
simp. #(磨豆腐)		磨	豆腐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò dòufu, mò dòufǔ, mó dòufu, mó dòufǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo-theu-fu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò dòufu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò dòufů
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴ tou⁴-fu⁵
    • Yale: mwò dòu-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh dow.fu
    • Palladius: мо доуфу (mo doufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò dòufǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò dòufǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴ tou⁴-fu³
    • Yale: mwò dòu-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh dowfuu
    • Palladius: мо доуфу (mo doufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mó dòufu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mó dòufů
    • Wade–Giles: mo² tou⁴-fu⁵
    • Yale: mwó dòu-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo dow.fu
    • Palladius: мо доуфу (mo doufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mó dòufǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mó dòufǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mo² tou⁴-fu³
    • Yale: mwó dòu-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo dowfuu
    • Palladius: мо доуфу (mo doufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: mòh dauh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ deo⁶ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo-theu-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo teu fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo⁴ teu⁴ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo⁵⁵ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

Verb

磨豆腐

1. to grind soybean to make bean curd
2. (figurative) to go on about something; to chatter away incessantly
3. (figurative, neologism, slang) to trib; to scissor; to engage in lesbian acts

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