磨豆腐

Chinese

 
grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
tofu; bean curd
simp. and trad.
(磨豆腐)
豆腐

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mò dòufu, mò dòufǔ, mó dòufu, mó dòufǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): mo4 dau6 fu6
  • Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo-theu-fu

Verb

磨豆腐

  1. to grind soybean to make bean curd
  2. (figuratively) to go on about something; to chatter away incessantly
  3. (figuratively, neologism, slang) to trib; to scissor; to engage in lesbian acts
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