Chinese Word: 磨 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

磨Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 16; Radical: 石

Pictophonetic:麻 indicates the sound; 石 (stone) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 麻 [ má ] hemp, flax, sesame; numb
- 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral

Similar Characters: 摩魔靡

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Pinyin: mó

English Definition:to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist

Chinese Definition:
①摩擦：磨刀。磨墨。磨练。磨砺(摩擦使锐利，喻经受磨练)。磨合。研磨。磨漆画。
②阻碍，困难：磨难(nàn)。好事多磨。
③消耗，消灭：磨损。磨耗。磨灭。
④拖延，耗时间：磨缠。磨功夫。

Example Words:

折磨HSK 6	zhé mó	to torment; to torture
琢磨HSK 6	zhuó mó	to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
磨难	mó nàn	a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
消磨	xiāo mó	to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
磨炼	mó liàn	see 磨练

Pinyin: mò

English Definition:grindstone; to grind; to turn round

Chinese Definition:
①粉碎粮食的工具：石磨。电磨。磨盘。磨坊(亦作“磨房”)。推磨。
②用磨将粮食加工成所需的状态：磨面。磨米。磨豆腐。
③掉转：这个胡同太窄，磨不过车来。

Example Words:

磨盘	mò pán	lower millstone; tray of a mill
磨坊	mò fáng	mill
磨叨	mò dao	to grumble; to chatter
磨烦	mò fan	to pester; to bother sb incessantly; to delay; to prevaricate
有钱能使鬼推磨	yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò	lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom); fig. with money, you can do anything you like

1		yǒu qián 有钱 néng 能 shǐ 使 guǐ 鬼 tuī mó 推磨。 Money makes the world go round.
2		tā 她 xǐ huan 喜欢 shǒu gōng 手工 mó 磨 kā fēi 咖啡。 She likes to grind coffee by hand.
3		mó dāo 磨刀 bù 不 wù 误 kǎn chái 砍柴 gōng 工。 Sharpening a knife can save chopping work.
4		dà dào 大道 zhì jiǎn 至简， bù kě 不可 zuó mo 琢磨。 The greatest truths are the simplest, and cannot be understood or expressed.
5		zhè lǐ 这里 shì 是 bù 不 yǔn xǔ 允许 xiāo mó 消磨 shí jiān 时间 de 的。 zǒu kāi 走开！ It's not allowed to kill time here. Move along!

1		yǒu qián 有钱 néng 能 shǐ 使 guǐ 鬼 tuī mó 推磨。 Money makes the world go round.
2		tā 她 xǐ huan 喜欢 shǒu gōng 手工 mó 磨 kā fēi 咖啡。 She likes to grind coffee by hand.
3		mó dāo 磨刀 bù 不 wù 误 kǎn chái 砍柴 gōng 工。 Sharpening a knife can save chopping work.
4		dà dào 大道 zhì jiǎn 至简， bù kě 不可 zuó mo 琢磨。 The greatest truths are the simplest, and cannot be understood or expressed.
5		zhè lǐ 这里 shì 是 bù 不 yǔn xǔ 允许 xiāo mó 消磨 shí jiān 时间 de 的。 zǒu kāi 走开！ It's not allowed to kill time here. Move along!