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

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

(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

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

Min Nan
- (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

(Hokkien) to work hard; to toil

Synonyms

勞碌／劳碌 (láolù)
操勞／操劳 (cāoláo)

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