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Meaning of 折

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(Trad.: 摺)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Ideographic:A hand wielding an axe
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ shǒu ] hand
    • [ jīn ] a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd
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1
Pinyin: zhé
English Definition: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 ; to fold
Chinese Definition:
①断,弄断:折断。折桂(喻科举及第)。折戟沉沙(形容惨重的失败)。
②幼年死亡:夭折。
③弯转,屈曲:曲折。转折。周折。折中(对不同意见采取调和态度。亦作“折衷”)。
④返转,回转:折返。
⑤损失:损兵折将。
⑥挫辱:折磨。挫折。百折不挠。
⑦减少:折寿(减少寿命)。折扣。
⑧抵作,对换,以此代彼:折合。折价(把实物折合成钱)。
⑨心服:折服(a。信服;b。说服)。
⑩戏曲名词,杂剧一本分四折,一折等于后来的一出:折子戏。
⑾判决:折狱。

Example Words:
曲折HSK 6 zhé winding; (fig.) complicated
折磨HSK 6 zhé to torment; to torture
挫折HSK 6 cuò zhé setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
折射 zhé shè to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
转折HSK 6 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
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2
Pinyin: shé
English Definition:to break (e.g. stick or bone); a loss
Chinese Definition:
①断,绳子折了。
②亏损:折本生意。
③姓氏。

Example Words:
折本HSK 6 shé běn a loss; to lose money
折秤HSK 6 shé chèng discrepancy in weight
折耗 shé hào loss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage
折钱HSK 6 shé qián a loss; to lose money
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3
Pinyin: zhē
English Definition:to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)
Chinese Definition:
①翻转,倒腾:折腾。折跟头。折个儿。
Example Words:
折腾HSK 6 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)
折箩 zhē luó mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
折跟头 zhē gēn tou to do a somersault; to turn head over heels
折过儿 zhē guò r to turn over
朱云折槛 zhū yún zhē kǎn Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
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Example Sentences
1
This membership card can enjoy discounts.
2
The supermarket often sells products on sale.
3
He intentionally broke the teacher's chalk in half.
4
All products are on sale.
5
便
I still remain optimistic even when facing setbacks.