摸魚

Chinese

		feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	fish
trad. (摸魚)		摸	魚
simp. (摸鱼)		摸	鱼
Literally: “to stroke fish”.

Etymology

"to slack off"

Likely shortened from 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mōyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo² jyu^4-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bong-hî / bong-hû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mong⁵ he⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mōyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: moyú
    • Wade–Giles: mo¹-yü²
    • Yale: mwō-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhoyu
    • Palladius: моюй (mojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo² jyu^4-2
    • Yale: mó yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo² jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo² yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bong-hî
    • Tâi-lô: bong-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bonghii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bong-hû
    • Tâi-lô: bong-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bonghuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mong⁵ he⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông hṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ⁵⁵/

Verb

摸魚

1. (literally) to catch fish
2. (figurative, humorous) to slack off

Derived terms

• 摸魚公／摸鱼公
• 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú)
• 瞎子摸魚／瞎子摸鱼