磨豆腐

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	tofu; bean curd
simp. and trad. (磨豆腐)		磨	豆腐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mò dòufu, mó dòufu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mò dòufu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh dow.fu
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mó dòufu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo dow.fu
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶
  - Yale: mòh dauh fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ deo⁶ fu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/

Verb

磨豆腐

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

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