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折磨

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
simp. and trad. (折磨)		折	磨

Verb

折磨

to torture; to torment; to submit to an ordeal; to persecute

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhémó

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ mo⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chiat-bôa / chiat-mô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhémó → zhémo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄓㄜˊ ㄇㄛ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer.mo
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ mo⁴
  - Yale: jit mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ mo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ mɔː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-bôa
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-buâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatboaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bua²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ bua¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatmoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ²³/