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Information of 折

Pinyin zhé、 zhē、 shé

Radical

扌

Strokes

7 strokes

Usage

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Definition

broken (as of rope, stick), tenth (in price) / to break / to fold / to turn

折 [zhē] 【Verb】 1. 翻转，倒腾: Turn over, flip. Examples: 折腾 (to toss and turn), 折跟头 (to flip over). 2. 倒过来倒过去: Pour back and forth between two containers. Example: 开水太烫，拿两个杯子折一折就凉了 (The water is too hot; using two cups to pour back and forth will cool it down). 3. 另见 shé;zhé: Also see shé;zhé. 折 [zhé] 【Verb】 1. 断，弄断: Break, snap. Examples: 骨折 (broken bone), 断木 (broken wood). 2. 幼年死亡: Die young. Example: 夭折 (die young). 3. 弯转，屈曲: Bend, twist. Examples: 转折 (turn), 曲折 (twist). 4. 返转，回转: Turn back, change direction. 5. 损失: Lose, suffer loss. Example: 损兵折将 (loss of troops). 6. 挫辱: Insult, humiliation. Example: 挫折 (setback). 7. 减少: Reduce. Example: 减寿 (reduce lifespan). 8. 抵作，换: Convert into, exchange. 9. 心服: Submit to. Example: 折服 (to convince). 10. 戏曲名词: In drama, an act divided into four sections, where each section is equivalent to a later performance. Example: 折子戏 (a short play). 11. 判决: Judge. Example: 折狱 (court decisiveness). 折 [zhé] 【Noun】 1. 账册: Folder, booklet used for keeping accounts. 2. 按原数减去其中的成数: Discount. Example: 打八折 (20% off). 3. 汉字笔画名: Turning stroke in Chinese character. 4. 戏曲名词: An act in Yuán and Míng dynasty plays, mostly divided into four acts. Example: 折子戏 (a short one-act play). 5. 姓: Surname. 折 [shé] 【Verb】 1. 断而犹连: Bend, still connected. 2. 使断成两截: Break into two pieces (under stress). 3. 生意亏损: Lose money in business. 4. 另见 zhē;zhé: Also see zhē;zhé. 折 [shé] 【Verb】 1. 断而犹连: Bend, still connected. Example: 扁担折了 (The carrying pole is broken). 2. 使断成两截: Break into two pieces. Example: 别太使劲，不然绳子就要折了 (Don't use too much strength; otherwise, the rope might break). 3. 生意亏损: Lose money in business. Example: 折本儿 (to incur losses). 4. 另见 zhē;zhé: Also see zhē;zhé.

赔了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng

having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

折叠 zhé dié

to fold / collapsible / folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

折叠式 zhé dié shì

folding (i.e. portable)

夭折 yāo zhé

to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely

奏折 zòu zhé

memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)

折射 zhé shè

to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)

曲折 qū zhé

winding / (fig.) complicated

折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā

with broken halberds buried in the sand / a disastrous defeat

折扇 zhé shàn

folding fan

折扣 zhé kòu

discount

不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu

a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out

打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu

to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated

折磨 zhé mó

to torment / to torture

折腾 zhē teng

to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)

挫折 cuò zhé

setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue

折合 zhé hé

to convert into / to amount to / to be equivalent to

转折 zhuǎn zhé

shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation

折子 zhé zi

folding notebook / accounts book

折断 zhé duàn

to snap sth off / to break

转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn

turning point / breaking point

骨折 gǔ zhé

to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture

折回 zhé huí

to turn back / to retrace one's steps

折射率 zhé shè lǜ

index of refraction

打折 dǎ zhé

to give a discount

百折不挠 bǎi zhé bù náo

to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable

挫折感 cuò zhé gǎn

frustration

摧折 cuī shé

break / snap

攀折 pān zhé

to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)

折旧 zhé jiù

depreciation

隐晦曲折 yǐn huì qū zhé

veiled and roundabout expressions / devious and obscure / (write) in veiled terms / insidious and devious