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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mó | mo2
English translation
to rub
to grind
to polish
to sharpen
to wear down
to die out
to waste time
to pester
to insist
grindstone
to turn round
millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

stone

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

麻石

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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gēn 几经 jǐ jīng le chūn de 功夫 gōngfu le .

He has been creeping about with her all the spring.

de 手掌 shǒu zhǎng yīn gān 挖土 de 活儿 huó r ér le .

His palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.

孩子 háizi 裤子 kùzi de 膝盖 xīgài chǔ le .

The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.

Dāo Néng zài 一块 yī kuài Shí shǎng kuài .

Knives can be sharpened by grinding them against a rough stone.

quàn le 半天 bàn tiān ,嘴皮 dōu kuài le .

I talked till my jaws ached, trying to bring him around.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
折磨 zhémó to torment折磨 zhémó
to rub
琢磨 zhuómó to ponder琢磨 zhuómó
磨损 mó sǔn abrasion磨損
消磨 xiāo mó to sap消磨 xiāo mó
磨难 mó nàn a torment磨難
磨蹭 mó ceng to rub lightly磨蹭 mó ceng
磨练 mó liàn to temper oneself磨練
磨合 móhé to break in磨合 móhé
打磨 dǎ mó polish打磨 dǎ mó
磨坊 mò fáng mill磨坊 mò fáng
磨牙 mó yá pointless arguing磨牙 mó yá
耐磨 nài mó wear resistant耐磨 nài mó
磨炼 mó liàn to temper oneself磨煉
磨砺 mó lì to sharpen on grindstone磨礪
研磨 yán mó milling研磨 yán mó
磨擦 mó cā friction磨擦 mó cā
磨灭 mó miè to erase磨滅
不可磨灭 bù kě mó miè indelible不可磨滅
磨床 mó chuáng grinder磨床 mó chuáng
磨刀 mó dāo to hone (a knife)磨刀 mó dāo
好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó
磨光 mó guāng to polish磨光 mó guāng
磨磨蹭蹭 mó mó cèng cèng to dillydally磨磨蹭蹭 mó mó cèng cèng

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