碾磨

niǎnmó

verb

Meanings

1 to mill
2 to grind (grain into flour)

Characters

to roll / crush with a roller

to grind / mill

Examples

HSK 7-9

把麦子碾磨成面粉。

Bǎ màizi niǎnmó chéng miànfěn.

Grind the wheat into flour.

HSK 7-9

传统的石磨需要慢慢碾磨。

Chuántǒng de shímò xūyào mànman niǎnmó.

Traditional stone mills need to grind slowly.

Tips

memory

Both 碾 and 磨 have the 石 (stone) radical - they each describe stone tools used for grinding. 碾 is the rolling stone (think rolling pin or roller mill), 磨 is the rotating stone (the round flour mill). Stack them and you have the whole grinding action.

Stroke Order

碾 niǎn

磨 mó