磨刀

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	knife
trad. (磨刀)		磨	刀
simp. #(磨刀)		磨	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): módāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: módāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: módao
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-tao¹
    • Yale: mwó-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: modau
    • Palladius: модао (modao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ dou¹
    • Yale: mòh dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

磨⫽刀 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to sharpen a knife

   賣肉的師傅毫不保留地講解讓刀飛快起來的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, trad.]
   卖肉的师傅毫不保留地讲解让刀飞快起来的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mài ròu de shīfù háobù bǎoliú de jiǎngjiě ràng dāo fēikuài qǐlái de módāo miàozhāo. [Pinyin]

   The butcher explained without reservation how to sharpen a knife.

Derived terms

• 磨刀石 (módāoshí)
• 磨刀霍霍