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Jyutping siu1 mo4
Pinyin xiāo mó

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to wear down
  2. to sap
  3. to whittle away
  4. to while away
  5. to idle away
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to spend (time)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    冇​嘢​做​嘅​時​候​揾​嘢​嚟​做​,​去度過​(​多​餘​嘅​時​間​)
    to kill (time)
    • 老人院啲公公婆婆成日唱歌、跳舞同打麻雀去消磨時間。
      老人院啲公公婆婆成日唱歌、跳舞同打麻雀去消磨时间。
      lou5 jan4 jyun2 di1 gung1 gung1 po4 po2 seng4 jat6 coeng3 go1, tiu3 mou5 tung4 daa2 maa4 zoek2 heoi3 siu1 mo4 si4 gaan3.
      Singing, dancing, and playing mahjong are some of the most common pastimes of elderly people in nursing homes.
  2. 動詞
    消耗
    to wear down
    • 消磨意志
      消磨意志
      siu1 mo4 ji3 zi1
      to wear down willpower
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to wear down (energy, will, etc.)
  2. verb
    to while away; to kill (time)
    (syn.) 打发, 消遣, 打發
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我在街上散步,消磨时间。
    我在街上散步,消磨時間。
    wǒ zài jiē shang sàn bù , xiāo mó shí jiān 。
    • I strolled along the streets to kill time.
  2. Mandarin
    我试着消磨时间。
    我試着消磨時間。
    wǒ shì zhe xiāo mó shí jiān 。
    • I was trying to kill time.
  3. Mandarin
    两个老人打牌消磨著时间。
    兩個老人打牌消磨著時間。
    liǎng gè lǎo rén dǎ pái xiāo mó zhù shí jiān 。
    • The two old men while away the time playing cards.
  4. Mandarin
    有些人为了消磨时间而读书。
    有些人為了消磨時間而讀書。
    yǒu xiē rén wèi le xiāo mó shí jiān ér dú shū 。
    • Some read books to kill time.
    • Some people read books to kill time.
    • There are people who read books to kill time.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我哋打啤牌消磨时间。
    我哋打啤牌消磨時間。
    ngo5 dei2 daa2 pe1 paai2 siu1 mo4 si4 gaan3 。
    • We killed time by playing cards.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    老人院啲公公婆婆成日唱歌、跳舞同打麻雀去消磨时间。
    老人院啲公公婆婆成日唱歌、跳舞同打麻雀去消磨時間。
    lou5 jan4 jyun2 di1 gung1 gung1 po4 po2 seng4 jat6 coeng3 go1, tiu3 mou5 tung4 daa2 maa4 zoek2 heoi3 siu1 mo4 si4 gaan3.
    • Singing, dancing, and playing mahjong are some of the most common pastimes of elderly people in nursing homes.
  2. Cantonese
    消磨意志
    消磨意志
    siu1 mo4 ji3 zi1
    • to wear down willpower
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这样,日本在中国抗战的长期消耗下,它的经济行将崩溃;在无数战争的消磨中,它的士气行将颓靡。
    這樣,日本在中國抗戰的長期消耗下,它的經濟行將崩潰;在無數戰爭的消磨中,它的士氣行將頹靡。
    zhè yàng , rì běn zài zhōng guó kàng zhàn de cháng qī xiāo hào xià , tā de jīng jì xíng jiāng bēng kuì ; zài wú shù zhàn zhēng de xiāo mó zhōng , tā de shì qì xíng jiāng tuí mǐ .
    • Thus Japan's economy will crack under the strain of China's long resistance and the morale of the Japanese forces will break under the trial of innumerable battles.