# 折磨 (zhémó)

In Mandarin Chinese, 折磨 (zhémó) means “to torment; to torture”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to torment; to torture
- Pinyin: zhémó (zhe2 mo2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 牙痛把他折磨了一整夜。
  Yátòng bǎ tā zhémóle yī zhěng yè.
  The toothache tormented him all night.

## Characters

- [折](https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-break/) (zhé): to break; to fold
- [磨](https://hanziro.com/word/mo-rub/) (mó): to rub; to polish

https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-mo-torment/

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