揉磨

Chinese

		knead; massage; rub	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (揉磨)		揉	磨
simp. #(揉磨)		揉	磨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róumó

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ mo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róumó
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róumó
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-mo²
    • Yale: róu-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roumo
    • Palladius: жоумо (žoumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ mo⁴
    • Yale: yàuh mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ mɔː²¹/

Verb

揉磨

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

Synonyms

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