推磨

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (推磨)		推	磨
simp. #(推磨)		推	磨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuīmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ mo⁶, teoi¹ mo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuīmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tueimò
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-mo⁴
    • Yale: twēi-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueimoh
    • Palladius: туймо (tujmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ mo⁶, teoi¹ mo⁴
    • Yale: tēui moh, tēui mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ mo⁶, toey¹ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ mo⁶, têu¹ mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ mɔː²²/, /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/

Verb

推磨

1. to turn a millstone

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 挨磨
• (Shanghainese) 牽磨／牵磨

Derived terms

• 有錢使得鬼推磨／有钱使得鬼推磨
• 有錢能使鬼推磨／有钱能使鬼推磨 (yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuīmò)