拖磨

Chinese

Etymology 1

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (拖磨)		拖	磨
simp. ^#(拖磨)		拖	磨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōmó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ mo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōmó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuomó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-mo²
  - Yale: twō-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuomo
  - Palladius: томо (tomo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: to¹ mo⁴
  - Yale: tō mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: to¹ mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/

Noun

拖磨

(literary) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong

Synonyms

Antonyms

提前 (tíqián)
提早 (tízǎo)
進前／进前 (Hokkien)

Etymology 2

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (拖磨)		拖	磨
simp. ^#(拖磨)		拖	磨

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-bôa

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-bôa
  - Tâi-lô: thua-buâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toa'boaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² bua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ bua²³/

Verb

拖磨

(Hokkien) to toil; to work hard

Synonyms

折磨 (zhémó)

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