拖磨

Chinese

Etymology 1

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (拖磨)		拖	磨
simp. #(拖磨)		拖	磨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōmó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ mo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuomó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-mo²
    • Yale: twō-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuomo
    • Palladius: томо (tomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹ mo⁴
    • Yale: tō mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹ mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/

Noun

拖磨

1. (literary) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong

Synonyms

• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Antonyms

• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)

 

Etymology 2

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (拖磨)		拖	磨
simp. #(拖磨)		拖	磨

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-bôa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-bôa
    • Tâi-lô: thua-buâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toa'boaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² bua²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ bua²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² bua¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ bua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ bua²³/

Verb

拖磨

1. (Hokkien) to toil; to work hard

Synonyms

• 折磨 (zhémó)