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磨蹭

mó ceng

2-character word

What 磨蹭 means

1. to rub lightly
2. to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally
3. to pester; to nag

The characters in 磨蹭

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 蹭cèngto rub against; to walk slowly; (colloquial) to freeload

Example sentences

• 你磨蹭什么呀，快点去吧。
  Nǐ móceng shénme ya, kuài diǎn qù ba.
  What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.
• 你磨蹭什幺呀，快点去吧。
  What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.
• 要不是他这么磨磨蹭蹭，现在早做完了。
  Yàobushì tā zhème mómócèngcèng, xiànzài zǎo zuòwán le.
  If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.
• 要不是他这幺磨磨蹭蹭，现在早做完了。
  If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.