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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 消磨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
消磨 xiāo mó - to wear down
- to sap
- to whittle away
- to while away
- to idle away

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,974 21,351 11,568

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiāo- to diminish; to subside
- to consume; to reduce
- to idle away (the time)
- (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
- grindstone
- to grind
- to turn round

Other Words Containing 消磨

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
消磨 - - 9,974 21,351 11,568