磨

mó

grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone

How to write 磨, stroke by stroke

to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist; grindstone; to grind; to turn round

Pictophonetic: semantic 石 (stone), phonetic 麻

Made of 麻 + 石

折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
琢磨zhuó móto carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
琢磨zuó moto ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
磨坊mò fángmill
磨蹭mó cengto rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag
消磨xiāo móto wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
磨难mó nàna torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
磨损mó sǔnto suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
磨练mó liànto temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance
打磨dǎ móto polish; to burnish; to shine
磨磨蹭蹭mó mó cèng cèngto dillydally; slow-going
拉磨lā mò(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone; (fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work

他们是不会停止折磨我的。
tā men shì bú huì tíng zhǐ zhé mó wǒ de 。
They wouldn't stop torturing me.
你磨蹭什么呀，快点去吧。
nǐ mó ceng shén me ya ， kuài diǎn qù ba 。
What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.
我父亲以前是磨坊主。
wǒ fù qīn yǐ qián shì mò fáng zhǔ 。
My dad used to be a miller.
她磨了这些刀。
tā mó le zhè xiē dāo 。
She has sharpened the knives.
我试着消磨时间。
wǒ shì zhe xiāo mó shí jiān 。
I was trying to kill time.