推磨

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuīmò

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ mo⁶, teoi¹ mo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuīmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟㄇㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueimoh
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi¹ mo⁶, teoi¹ mo⁴
  - Yale: tēui moh, tēui mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ mo⁶, toey¹ mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ mo⁶, têu¹ mo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ mɔː²²/, /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/

Verb

推磨

to turn a millstone

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 挨磨

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)

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