磨礪

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	grind; sandstone
trad. (磨礪)		磨	礪
simp. (磨砺)		磨	砺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mólì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-lē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mólì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mólì
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-li⁴
    • Yale: mwó-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: molih
    • Palladius: моли (moli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 磨礪／磨砺 魔力

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ lai⁶
    • Yale: mòh laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-lē
    • Tâi-lô: môo-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mole
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² le²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² le²²/

Verb

磨礪

1. to go through the mill; to steel oneself; to harden oneself; to discipline oneself