摸魚

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Chinese

		feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	fish
trad. (摸魚)		摸	魚
simp. (摸鱼)		摸	鱼
Literally: “to stroke fish”.

Etymology

"to slack off": Likely shortened from 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mōyú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo² jyu^4-2
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bong-hî / bong-hû

(Teochew, Peng'im): mong⁵ he⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mōyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: moyú
  - Wade–Giles: mo¹-yü²
  - Yale: mwō-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhoyu
  - Palladius: моюй (mojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo² jyu^4-2
  - Yale: mó yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo² jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo² yu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bong-hî
  - Tâi-lô: bong-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bonghii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bong-hû
  - Tâi-lô: bong-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bonghuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mong⁵ he⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông hṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ⁵⁵/

Verb

摸魚

(literally) to catch fish
(figurative, humorous) to slack off

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