"To sharpen" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 锐化 | ruì huà | to sharpen |  |
| 削尖 | xiāo jiān | to sharpen | |
| 砥砺 | dǐ lì | whetstone / (lit. and fig.) to hone / to sharpen / to encourage | |
| 磨 |  mó | to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist |  |
| 杠 | gàng | coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash | |
| 鐾 | bèi | to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop | |
| 磨快 | mó kuài | to sharpen / to grind (knife blades) | |
