磨耗

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	to waste; to spend; to consume to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; mouse; new
trad. (磨耗)		磨	耗
simp. #(磨耗)		磨	耗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ hou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móhào
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-hao⁴
    • Yale: mwó-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohaw
    • Palladius: мохао (moxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ hou³
    • Yale: mòh hou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ hou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ hou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ hou̯³³/

Verb

磨耗

1. to undergo wear and tear; to be worn and torn; to suffer abrasion

Synonyms

• 磨損／磨损 (mósǔn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
磨	耗
ま Grade: S	もう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

磨(ま)耗(もう) • (mamō) 

1. abrasion, attrition (wearing by friction)

Verb

磨(ま)耗(もう)する • (mamō suru) suru (stem 磨(ま)耗(もう)し (mamō shi), past 磨(ま)耗(もう)した (mamō shita))

1. to wear, be worn away

Conjugation

Conjugation of "磨耗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	磨耗し	まもうし	mamō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	磨耗し	まもうし	mamō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	磨耗する	まもうする	mamō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	磨耗する	まもうする	mamō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	磨耗すれ	まもうすれ	mamō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	磨耗せよ¹ 磨耗しろ²	まもうせよ¹ まもうしろ²	mamō seyo¹ mamō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	磨耗される	まもうされる	mamō sareru
Causative	磨耗させる 磨耗さす	まもうさせる まもうさす	mamō saseru mamō sasu
Potential	磨耗できる	まもうできる	mamō dekiru
Volitional	磨耗しよう	まもうしよう	mamō shiyō
Negative	磨耗しない	まもうしない	mamō shinai
Negative continuative	磨耗せず	まもうせず	mamō sezu
Formal	磨耗します	まもうします	mamō shimasu
Perfective	磨耗した	まもうした	mamō shita
Conjunctive	磨耗して	まもうして	mamō shite
Hypothetical conditional	磨耗すれば	まもうすれば	mamō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative