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折
zhē
1.
to turn sth over
2.
to turn upside down
3.
to tip sth out (of a container)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
九折
jiǔzhé
10% off (price)
周折
zhōuzhé
twists and turns
回折
huízhé
diffraction (physics)
夭折
yāozhé
to die young or prematurely
奏折
zòuzhé
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
存折
cúnzhé
passbook
对折
duìzhé
to sell at a 50% discount
弯折
wānzhé
to bend
心折
xīnzhé
convinced
打折
dǎzhé
to give a discount
折中
zhézhōng
to compromise
折光
zhéguāng
refraction
折兑
zhéduì
to cash
折刀
zhédāo
clasp knife
折半
zhébàn
to reduce by fifty percent
折合
zhéhé
to convert into
折回
zhéhuí
to turn back
折寿
zhéshòu
to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
折射
zhéshè
to refract
折扇
zhéshàn
folding fan
Alternate Entries
折
shé
to break (e.g. stick or bone) / a loss
HSK 6
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
HSK 6
折
zhé
variant of [[折<zhé>]] / to fold
HSK 6
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,130
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,431 of 84,292