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

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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    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

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