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消磨

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
simp. and trad. (消磨)		消	磨

Verb

消磨

to while away, to kill (time)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāomó

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ mo⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siau-bôa / siau-mô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāomó
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄇㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaumo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ mo⁴
  - Yale: sīu mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ mo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ mɔː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-bôa
  - Tâi-lô: siau-buâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siau'boaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² bua¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: siau-môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaumoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ¹³/