折磨

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (折磨)		折	磨
simp. #(折磨)		折	磨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhémó

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ mo⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-bôa / chiat-mô͘ / chek-bôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhémó → zhémo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄓㄜˊ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhémo̊
    • Wade–Giles: chê²-mo⁵
    • Yale: jé-mwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer.mo
    • Palladius: чжэмо (čžɛmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ mo⁴
    • Yale: jit mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ mɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-bôa
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-buâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatboaa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bua²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ bua¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ bua²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatmoo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-bôa
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-buâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekboaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bua²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bua²⁴/

Verb

折磨

1. to torture (physically or mentally); to torment; to submit to an ordeal; to persecute

Synonyms

• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 揉搓 (róucuō) (dialectal)
• 揉磨 (róumó) (dialectal)
• 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
• 煎熬 (jiān'áo) (figurative)
• 熬煎 (áojiān)