| 磨损 | mó sǔn | wear and tear; abrasion |
| 磨 | mó | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist |
| 磨 | mò | grindstone |
| 耐磨 | nài mó | wear resistant |
| 研磨 | yán mó | milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle |
| 磨耗 | mó hào | wear and tear; wearing out by friction |
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to persecute; to torment |
| 磨料 | mó liào | abrasive material |
| 磨擦 | mó cā | friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; same as 摩擦 |
| 琢磨 | zuó mo | to ponder; to mull over; to think through |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work |
| 磨光 | mó guāng | to polish |
| 磨床 | mó chuáng | grinding machine; grinder |
| 打磨 | dǎ mó | polish; grind |
| 不可磨灭 | bù kě mó miè | indelible |
| 消磨 | xiāo mó | to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away |
| 磨合 | mó hé | to break in; to wear in |
| 磨灭 | mó miè | to obliterate; to erase |
| 磨石 | mó shí | whetstone; millstone |
| 磨难 | mó nàn | a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried |
| 切磋琢磨 | qiē cuō zhuó mó | gradual improvement by slow polishing (idiom); fig. education as a gradual process |
| 前磨齿 | qián mó chǐ | premolar tooth |
| 卸磨杀驴 | xiè mò shā lǘ | lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom); to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful |
| 反酷刑折磨公约 | fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē | UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) |
只要功夫深，
铁杵磨成针 | zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn ,
tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn | If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; cf idiom 磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently |
| 好事多磨 | hǎo shì duō mó | good things do not come without toil (idiom) |
| 好事多磨 | hǎo shì duō mò | the road to happiness is paved with hardships (idiom) |
| 懒驴上磨屎尿多 | lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō | (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working; lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing |
| 拖磨 | tuō mó | dawdling; to waste time |
| 揉磨 | róu mo | to torment; to torture |
| 有钱能使鬼推磨 | yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mó | lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom); with money, you can do anything you like. |
| 棒磨机 | bàng mó jī | rod mill |
| 水磨沟 | Shuǐ mò gōu | Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang |
| 水磨沟区 | Shuǐ mò gōu qū | Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang |
| 消磨时间 | xiāo mó shí jiān | to stall for time; to procrastinate |
| 现磨 | xiàn mó | freshly ground |
| 石磨 | shí mò | grindstone |
| 研磨料 | yán mó liào | abrasive (material) |
| 研磨材料 | yán mó cái liào | abrasive; grinding material |
| 研磨盘 | yán mó pán | abrasive disc; sanding disc |
| 磨不开 | mò bù kāi | to feel embarrassed |
| 磨人 | mó rén | annoying; bothersome; to fret; to be peevish |
| 磨刀 | mó dāo | to hone (a knife) |
| 磨刀石 | mó dāo shí | whetstone (for honing knives) |
| 磨叨 | mò dao | to grumble; to chatter |
| 磨唧 | mó jī | to be very slow; to dawdle |
| 磨嘴 | mó zuǐ | to argue pointlessly; to talk incessant nonsense; to blather |
| 磨嘴皮子 | mó zuǐ pí zi | to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather; to talk incessant nonsense; blah blah |
| 磨坊 | mò fáng | mill |
| 磨坊主 | mò fáng zhǔ | miller |
