磨碌

Chinese

Etymology 1

		grindstone	cylinder
trad. (磨碌)		磨	碌
simp. #(磨碌)		磨	碌
alternative forms		磨轆／磨辘

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁶ luk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁶ luk¹
    • Yale: moh lūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁶ luk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁶ lug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²² lʊk̚⁵/

Noun

磨碌

1. (Cantonese, derogatory) short, fat person; (by extension) useless person; moron (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Etymology 2

		to grind; to work hard	laborious; small stone; to record laborious; small stone; to record; to tape; to write down; to hire; to employ
trad. (磨碌)		磨	碌
simp. #(磨碌)		磨	碌

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bôa-le̍k / bôa-lo̍k

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boalek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bua²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boalok
    • IPA (Taipei): /bua²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bua²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/

Verb

磨碌

1. (Hokkien) to work hard; to toil

Synonyms

• 勞碌／劳碌 (láolù)
• 操勞／操劳 (cāoláo)