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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 zhézhe2to 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 ; to fold
2折射 折射 zhé shèzhe2 she4to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
3折磨 折磨 zhé zhe2 mo2to torment; to torture
4折旧 折舊 zhé jiùzhe2 jiu4depreciation
5折断 折斷 zhé duànzhe2 duan4to snap sth off; to break
6折抵 折抵 zhé zhe2 di3to offset
7折半 折半 zhé bànzhe2 ban4to reduce by fifty percent; half-price
8折笔 折筆 zhé zhe2 bi3against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
9折变 折變 zhé biànzhe2 bian4to sell off sth
10折尺 摺尺 zhé chǐzhe2 chi3folding ruler
11折冲樽俎 折衝樽俎 zhé chōng zūn zhe2 chong1 zun1 zu3lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
12折挫 折挫 zhé cuòzhe2 cuo4to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult
13折刀 折刀 zhé dāozhe2 dao1clasp knife; folding knife
14折刀儿 折刀兒 zhé dāo rzhe2 dao1 r5a clasp knife; a folding knife
15折叠 折疊 zhé diézhe2 die2to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
16折叠式 折疊式 zhé dié shìzhe2 die2 shi4folding (i.e. portable)
17折叠椅 折疊椅 zhé dié zhe2 die2 yi3folding chair; deck chair
18折兑 折兌 zhé duìzhe2 dui4to cash; to change gold or silver into money
19折返 折返 zhé fǎnzhe2 fan3to turn back
20折缝 折縫 zhé féngzhe2 feng2welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)
21折服 折服 zhé zhe2 fu2to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over
22折光 摺光 zhé guāngzhe2 guang1refraction; refraction
23折桂 折桂 zhé guìzhe2 gui4to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship
24折合 折合 zhé zhe2 he2to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to
25折痕 折痕 zhé hénzhe2 hen2crease; fold
26折回 折回 zhé huízhe2 hui2to turn back; to retrace one's steps
27折箭为盟 折箭為盟 zhé jiàn wéi méngzhe2 jian4 wei2 meng2to break an arrow as a vow to keep one's promise (idiom)
28折角 折角 zhé jiǎozhe2 jiao3to fold the corner of a page; to dog-ear
29折节读书 折節讀書 zhé jié shūzhe2 jie2 du2 shu1to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
30折颈断骨 折頸斷骨 zhé jǐng duàn zhe2 jing3 duan4 gu3to break one's neck (idiom)
31折旧率 折舊率 zhé jiù zhe2 jiu4 lu:4rate of deprecation
32折扣 折扣 zhé kòuzhe2 kou4discount
33折裙 摺裙 zhé qúnzhe2 qun2pleated skirt
34折杀 折殺 zhé shāzhe2 sha1variant of 折杀 ; to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
35折扇 折扇 zhé shànzhe2 shan4folding fan
36折射率 折射率 zhé shè zhe2 she4 lu:4index of refraction
37折式轮椅 折式輪椅 zhé shì lún zhe2 shi4 lun2 yi3folding wheelchair; Classifiers: | [liang4]
38折寿 折壽 zhé shòuzhe2 shou4to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
39折算 折算 zhé suànzhe2 suan4to convert (between currencies)
40折头 折頭 zhé touzhe2 tou5discount
41折线 折線 zhé xiànzhe2 xian4to discount; broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg
42折现率 折現率 zhé xiàn zhe2 xian4 lu:4discount rate
43折线图 折線圖 zhé xiàn zhe2 xian4 tu2line chart
44折腰 折腰 zhé yāozhe2 yao1to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit
45折椅 摺椅 zhé zhe2 yi3folding chair
46折折巴巴 折折巴巴 zhé zhe ba bazhe2 zhe5 ba5 ba5wrinkled
47折枝 折枝 zhé zhīzhe2 zhi1massage; snapped-off branch; sprig; to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
48折纸 摺紙 zhé zhǐzhe2 zhi3paper folding; origami
49折衷 折衷 zhé zhōngzhe2 zhong1to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic; variant of 折中
50折衷鹦鹉 折衷鸚鵡 zhé zhōng yīng zhe2 zhong1 ying1 wu3Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)
51折衷主义 折衷主義 zhé zhōng zhǔ zhe2 zhong1 zhu3 yi4eclecticism
52折皱 折皺 zhé zhòuzhe2 zhou4fold; crease; wrinkle; pucker
53折转 折轉 zhé zhuǎnzhe2 zhuan3reflex (angle); to turn back; reflex (angle); to turn back
54折子 摺子 zhé zizhe2 zi5folding notebook; accounts book
55折子戏 折子戲 zhé zi zhe2 zi5 xi4highlights from opera
56折奏 摺奏 zhé zòuzhe2 zou4memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
57折罪 折罪 zhé zuìzhe2 zui4to atone for a crime

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