磨煉

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	refine; smelt
trad. (磨煉/磨鍊)		磨	煉/鍊
simp. (磨炼)		磨	炼
alternative forms		磨練／磨练 摩煉／摩炼 摩鍊／摩炼 摩練／摩练

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ lin⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-liān / bôa-liān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhua⁵ liang⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móliàn
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-lien⁴
    • Yale: mwó-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moliann
    • Palladius: молянь (moljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ lin⁶
    • Yale: mòh lihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ lin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ lin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ liːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-liān
    • Tâi-lô: môo-liān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: molien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² liɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² liɛn²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² liɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôa-liān
    • Tâi-lô: buâ-liān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boalien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bua²⁴⁻²² liɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bua²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bua²³⁻³³ liɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhua⁵ liang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buâ liāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ liaŋ¹¹/

Verb

磨煉

1. to temper oneself; to steel oneself

Synonyms

• 錘煉／锤炼 (chuíliàn)

Noun

磨煉

1. self-discipline; endurance