折磨

折磨 zhémo in a sentence

Torment (persecute)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

折磨 (zhémo) means Torment (persecute). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

疾病 折磨 了他很多年。

Jíbìng zhémo le tā hěn duō nián.

Illness tormented him for many years.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折磨

等待有时是一种 折磨 。

Děngdài yǒushí shì yì zhǒng zhémo.

Waiting is sometimes a torment.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折磨

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How is 折磨 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 折磨 (zhémo, "Torment (persecute)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 折磨 an HSK word?

Yes — 折磨 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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