"To grind" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 错 |  cuò | mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver |   |
| 研磨 | yán mó | milling / to grind / to polish by grinding / to abrade / whetstone / pestle | |
| 切 | qiè | definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) | |
| 研 | yán | to grind / study / research | |
| 碾磨 | niǎn mó | to mill / to grind / grinding stone | |
| 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 / to grind / to turn round | |
| 刷 | shuā | a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) | |
| 碾 | niǎn | stone roller / roller and millstone / to grind / to crush / to husk | |
| 磨快 | mó kuài | to sharpen / to grind (knife blades) | |
