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

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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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bō tāu-hū

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo-theu-fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo teu fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo⁴ teu⁴ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mo⁵⁵ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō tāu-hū
  - Tâi-lô: bō tāu-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi dauxhu
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²²⁻²¹ tau²²⁻²¹ hu²²/

Verb

磨⫽豆腐 (verb-object)

to grind soybean to make bean curd
(figurative) to go on about something; to chatter away incessantly
(figurative, neologism, slang) to trib; to scissor; to engage in lesbian acts
Coordinate term: 拼刺刀 (gay acts)

Synonyms

(to engage in lesbian acts):

磨鏡／磨镜 (mójìng)