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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ bhua⁵

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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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao¹ bhua⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau buâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³⁻²³ bua⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjew ma

Rime
Character	消	磨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	相邀切	莫婆切
Baxter	sjew	ma
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu/	/muɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu/	/muɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu/	/muɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw/	/mwa/
Li Rong	/siɛu/	/muɑ/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu/	/muɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu/	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	mó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1	mo4

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)