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
trad. (折磨)		折	磨
simp. ^#(折磨)		折	磨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhémó

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ mo⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-bôa / chiat-mô͘ / chek-bôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhémó → zhémo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄓㄜˊ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhémo̊
  - Wade–Giles: chê²-mo⁵
  - Yale: jé-mwo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer.mo
  - Palladius: чжэмо (čžɛmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zit³ mo⁴
  - Yale: jit mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ mɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-bôa
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-buâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatboaa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bua²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ bua¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ bua²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatmoo
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-bôa
  - Tâi-lô: tsik-buâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zekboaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bua²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bua²⁴/

Verb

折磨

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

Synonyms

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