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磨蹭

móceng
verb #9,098

Meanings

  1. 1 to dawdle
  2. 2 to dilly-dally
  3. 3 to waste time by being slow

Examples

HSK 1
别磨蹭了，快走吧！
Bié móceng le, kuài zǒu ba!
Stop dawdling, let's go!
HSK 2
他磨蹭了半天才出门。
Tā móceng le bàntiān cái chūmén.
He dawdled for ages before leaving the house.
HSK 3
你怎么总是磨蹭？
Nǐ zěnme zǒngshì móceng?
Why are you always so slow?

Tips

usage
磨蹭 is colloquial and mildly critical - used when someone is annoyingly slow or dragging their feet. Common in spoken Chinese, especially from parents to children.
register
Informal/spoken. In formal writing, use 拖延 instead.

Stroke Order

磨 mó
蹭 cèng