磨鏡

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	mirror; lens
trad. (磨鏡)		磨	鏡
simp. (磨镜)		磨	镜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mójìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mójìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mójìng
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ching⁴
    • Yale: mwó-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mojinq
    • Palladius: моцзин (moczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-kiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-kiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boa'kviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bua²⁴⁻²² kiã²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ma kjaengH

Rime
Character	磨	鏡
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫婆切	居慶切
Baxter	ma	kjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/kˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/kᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/kiaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/kiajŋH/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/kiɐŋH/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/kĭɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/ki̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	ging3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤaj  C.qraŋʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːl  kraŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	磨	鏡
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mó	jìng
Middle Chinese	‹ ma ›	‹ kjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁaj/	/*C.qraŋʔ-s/
English	rub, grind	mirror
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磨	鏡
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	8706	6870
Phonetic component	麻	竟
Rime group	歌	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	摩	敬
Old Chinese	/*maːl/	/*kraŋs/

Verb

磨鏡

1. to grind mirrors
2. (now chiefly Xiamen Hokkien, euphemistic) to have lesbian sexual relations