HSK 6 vocabulary › 折磨
折磨
折磨 in English: to torment; to torture
zhé mó
to torment; to torture
How to pronounce 折磨
zhé mó (without tone marks: zhe mo). zhé is a second (rising) tone; mó is a second (rising) tone.
Characters in 折磨
折 zhé
to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
磨 mó
to rub; to grind; to polish
to rub; to grind; to polish
Related words
| 打折 | dǎ zhé | to give a discount | HSK 4 |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse | HSK 6 |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | winding; complicated | HSK 6 |
| 折腾 | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again | HSK 6 |
| 折 | zhé | to break; to fracture | HSK 6 |
| 周折 | zhōu zhé | twists and turns; vicissitude | HSK 6 |
| 转折 | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; turnaround | HSK 6 |
| 磨合 | mó hé | to break in; to wear in | HSK 6 |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work | HSK 6 |