消磨

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Chinese

consume; news; subside
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
grindstone; to sharpen; to delay
grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
 
trad. (消磨)
simp. #(消磨)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (16) (4)
Final () (91) (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter sjew ma
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇu/ /muɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛu/ /muɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjæu/ /muɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siaw/ /mwa/
Li
Rong
/siɛu/ /muɑ/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛu/ /muɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛu/ /muɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
siu1 mo4

Verb

消磨

  1. to while away; to kill (time)
  2. to wear down (energy, will, etc.)

Synonyms