磨
mómò HSK6

grind

磨 mó frequency
grind verb
to rub, polish, or sharpen a surface or tool

他正在磨那把生锈的剪刀。

tā zhèng​zài mó nà bǎ shēng​xiù de jiǎn​dāo.

He is sharpening those rusty scissors.

waste time verb
to dawdle, delay, or consume time aimlessly

别在那儿磨时间了，赶快出发吧。

bié zài nà​r mó shí​jiān le, gǎn​kuài chū​fā ba.

Stop wasting time there; let's head out quickly.

pester verb
to harass, badger, or insist persistently to get something

孩子磨了半天，妈妈才答应买那个玩具。

hái​zi mó le bàn​tiān, mā​ma cái dā​ying mǎi nà​ge wán​jù.

The child pestered his mother for a long time before she agreed to buy the toy.

wear and tear noun
to wear down or be worn away by friction through use; wear and tear
磨 mò
grind verb
to process something by milling or using a grindstone

这些小麦需要磨成面粉。

zhè​xiē xiǎo​mài xū​yào mò chéng miàn​fěn.

This wheat needs to be ground into flour.

grindstone noun
a millstone or stone tool used for grinding grain

他家院子里放着一个巨大的石磨。

tā jiā yuàn​zi lǐ fàng zhe yī gè jù​dà de shí mò.

There is a huge stone mill in his yard.

turn round verb
to turn about or rotate one's body

他磨过身来，跟我打了个招呼。

tā mò guò shēn lái, gēn wǒ dǎ le gè zhāo​hu.

He turned around and greeted me.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,537th most common 67.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,291st most common 60.8 per million appears in 30% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.4 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
25.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+78E8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)