消磨

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)		消	磨
simp. #(消磨)		消	磨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāomó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ mo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-bôa / siau-mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāomó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaomó
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-mo²
    • Yale: syāu-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaumo
    • Palladius: сяомо (sjaomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ mo⁴
    • Yale: sīu mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-bôa
    • Tâi-lô: siau-buâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'boaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² bua¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ bua²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² bua²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: siau-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaumoo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ mɔ̃²⁴/

Verb

消磨

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

Synonyms

• (to while away): 打發／打发 (dǎfa), 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)