磨喙舌

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	tongue; eloquence
trad. (磨喙舌)		磨	喙舌
simp. #(磨喙舌)		磨	喙舌

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bôa-chhùi-chi̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-chhùi-chi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-tshuì-tsi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boazhuiecih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bua¹³⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bua²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bua²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ⁴/

Verb

磨⫽喙舌 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (Southern Min) to take a lot of talking and explaining; to argue needlessly

Synonyms

• 費口舌／费口舌 (fèi kǒushé)