折 zhé zhē

break off, snap; bend

HSK 4 #1131

DEFINITIONS

折 zhé
  • to break
  • to fracture
  • to snap
  • to suffer loss
  • to bend
  • to twist
  • to turn
  • to change direction
  • convinced
  • to convert into (currency)
  • discount
  • rebate
  • tenth (in price)
  • classifier for theatrical scenes
  • to fold
  • accounts book
  • variant of 折[zhe2]
  • document folded in accordion form
折 zhē
  • to turn sth over
  • to turn upside down
  • to tip sth out (of a container)
折 shé
  • to break (e.g. stick or bone)
  • a loss

STROKES

WORDS

打折 dǎ zhé
HSK 4
to give a discount
折磨 zhé mó
HSK 6
to torment; to torture
折腾 zhē teng
HSK 6
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
HSK 6
setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
曲折 qū zhé
HSK 6
winding; (fig.) complicated
转折 zhuǎn zhé
HSK 6
shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
周折 zhōu zhé
HSK 6
twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort; CL:番[fan1]
骨折 gǔ zhé to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture
折断 zhé duàn to snap sth off; to break
折扣 zhé kòu discount
折叠 zhé dié to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point; breaking point
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
存折 cún zhé passbook; bankbook
折服 zhé fú to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over
波折 bō zhé twists and turns
折中 zhé zhōng to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic
折衷 zhé zhōng variant of 折中[zhe2 zhong1]
夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely
折回 zhé huí to turn back; to retrace one's steps
折射 zhé shè to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated
折返 zhé fǎn to turn back
对折 duì zhé to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two
挫折感 cuò zhé gǎn frustration
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