| 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 |
| 磨耗 | mó hào | wear and tear; wearing out by friction |
| 磨料 | mó liào | abrasive material |
| 磨擦 | mó cā | friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; same as 摩擦 |
| 磨光 | mó guāng | to polish |
| 磨床 | mó chuáng | grinding machine; grinder |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 磨子 | mò zǐ | mill; grain mill; millstone |
| 磨工病 | mò gōng bìng | grinder's disease; silicosis; also written 矽末病 |
| 磨得开 | mó de kāi | unembarrassed; without fear of impairing personal relation |
| 磨快 | mó kuài | to sharpen; to grind (knife blades) |
| 磨折 | mó zhé | to torture; to torment |
| 磨损率 | mó sǔn lǜ | attrition rate |
| 磨杵成针 | mó chǔ chéng zhēn | to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently |
| 磨机 | mó jī | milling machine |
| 磨洋工 | mó yáng gōng | to idle on the job |
| 磨炼 | mó liàn | see 磨练 |
| 磨烦 | mò fán | to pester; to bother sb incessantly |
| 磨牙 | mó yá | to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing |
| 磨盘 | mò pán | lower millstone; tray of a mill |
| 磨石砂砾 | mó shí shā lì | millstone grit; coarse sandstone |
| 磨石粗砂岩 | mó shí cū shā yán | millstone grit |
| 磨砂 | mó shā | frosted (e.g. glass) |
| 磨砂膏 | mó shā gāo | facial scrub |
| 磨破口舌 | mó pò kǒu shé | incessant complaining |
| 磨破嘴皮 | mó pò zuǐ pí | to talk until one is blue in the face |
| 磨破嘴皮子 | mó pò zuǐ pí zi | to wear out one's lips (idiom); to talk until one is blue in the face; to repeat again and again |
| 磨碎 | mò suì | grind |
| 磨磨蹭蹭 | mó mó cèng cèng | to dillydally; slow-going |
| 磨砺 | mó lì | to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice |
| 磨穿铁砚 | mó chuān tiě yàn | to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom) |
| 磨练 | mó liàn | to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance |
| 磨菇 | mó gu | variant of 蘑菇 |
| 磨蚀 | mó shí | erosion; abrasion |
| 磨制石器 | mó zhì shí qì | a polished stone (neolithic) implement |
