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磨

mó

HSK 6 Character

What 磨 means

1. to rub
2. to grind
3. to polish
4. to sharpen
5. to wear down
6. to die out
7. to waste time
8. to pester
9. to insist

Other readings

磨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mògrindstone; to grind; to turn round

Example sentences

• 汤姆在磨刀。
  Tom is sharpening a knife.
• 她磨了这些刀。
  Tā mó le zhèxiē dāo.
  She has sharpened the knives.
• 别折磨他们了。
  Stop tormenting them.
• 我试着消磨时间。
  Wǒ shìzhe xiāomóshíjiān.
  I was trying to kill time.
• 我父亲以前是磨坊主。
  My dad used to be a miller.
• 玛丽亚在打磨她的指甲。
  Mary is filing her nails.

Words starting with 磨

• 磨合mó héto break in; to wear in
• 磨难mó nàna torment; a trial; tribulation
• 磨练mó liànto temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline
• 磨损mó sǔnto suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
• 磨蹭mó cengto rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag
• 磨坊mò fángmill
• 磨砺mó lìto sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice
• 磨牙mó yáto grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (colloquial) molar
• 磨灭mó mièto obliterate; to erase
• 磨刀mó dāoto hone (a knife)
• 磨磨蹭蹭mó mó cèng cèngto dillydally; slow-going
• 磨盘mò pánlower millstone; tray of a mill
• 磨人mó rénannoying; bothersome; to fret
• 磨光mó guāngto polish
• 磨嘴mó zuǐto argue pointlessly; to talk incessant nonsense; to blather
• 磨子mò zimill; grain mill; millstone
• 磨床mó chuánggrinding machine; grinder
• 磨快mó kuàito sharpen; to grind (knife blades)
• 磨折mó zhéto torture; to torment
• 磨料mó liàoabrasive material
• 磨机mó jīmilling machine
• 磨烦mò fanto pester; to bother sb incessantly; to delay
• 磨皮mó píto apply a skin-smoothing effect (in photo editing)…
• 磨石mó shíwhetstone; millstone

Words containing 磨

• 折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
• 琢磨zuó moto ponder; to mull over; to think through
• 消磨xiāo móto wear down; to sap; to whittle away
• 打磨dǎ móto polish; to burnish; to shine
• 不可磨灭bù kě mó mièindelible
• 研磨yán mómilling; to grind; to polish by grinding
• 耐磨nài mówear resistant
• 拉磨lā mò(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone; (fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work
• 拖磨tuō módawdling; to waste time
• 现磨xiàn mófreshly ground
• 石磨shí mògrindstone
• 磋磨cuō móto polish and rub; (fig.) to torment; to torture; (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone…
• 转磨zhuàn mòrotary grindstone
• 电磨diàn mòelectric mill (for grinding wheat etc)
• 棒磨机bàng mó jīrod mill
• 水磨石shuǐ mó shíterrazzo
• 球磨机qiú mó jīball mill
• 研磨料yán mó liàoabrasive (material)
• 研磨盘yán mó pánabrasive disk; sanding disk
• 角磨机jiǎo mó jīangle grinder
• 好事多磨hǎo shì duō móthe road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
• 消磨时间xiāo mó shí jiānto kill time
• 研磨材料yán mó cái liàoabrasive; grinding material
• 细磨刀石xì mò dāo shíwhetstone (for honing knives)

Characters built on 麻

These share the phonetic component 麻 (má), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 摩móto rub
• 魔mó(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
• 麽mótiny; insignificant

Characters that look like 磨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摩móto rub
• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 瘸quélame
• 褒bāoto praise; to commend; to honor
• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)
• 麾huīsignal flag; to signal

Sounds the same

Read mó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 模to imitate; model; norm
• 摩to rub
• 麽tiny; insignificant
• 魔(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
• 膜membrane; film
• 馍small loaf of steamed bread
• 无used in 南无
• 嬷dialectal or obsolete equivalent of 妈; Taiwan pr. mā
• 摹(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 谟plan; to practice
• 蘑mushroom
• 嫫ugly woman