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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.break; snap; fracture
骨折
fracture
他折断了腿。
He fractured his leg.
把粉笔折成两半。
Snap the chalk into two pieces.
- 2
n.discount; rebate
不折不扣
without the slightest discount
折扣
discount
synonym
- 3
v.bend; twist; flex; fold
曲折
tortuous
周折
twists and turns
百折不挠
never yield in spite of reverses
- 4
v.suffer the loss of; lose
亏折
lost
折寿
shorten one's life by over-indulgence
- 5
n.turning stroke (in Chinese characters)
横折
turning stroke in Chinese characters
- 6
n.booklet; folder; passbook
存折
deposit book
奏折
memorial to the throne
- 7
measure wordscene (in a play); act
一折戏
a scene of play
- 8
v.substitute for; take the place of; convert into; amount to
折价
convert into money
折账
pay a debt in kind
- 9
v.turn back; change direction
折回来
turn back
折入其他街
turn into other street
- 10
v.be convinced; be filled with admiration
折服
be filled with admiration
Words and phrases with 折
- 折腰[word]bow; respect
- 折节[word]condescend; give up what one wants to do something else
- 折煞[word]stun somebody with special favour
- 折裂[word]jackknifing
- 折入[word]invagination
- 折标[word]back-step
- 折翼[word]flap
- 折旧[word]depreciate
- 折叠[word]fold
- 折箭为誓[idiom]break an arrow as a pledge
- 折冲樽俎[idiom]outmanoeuvre the enemy over wine glasses
- 折戟沉沙[idiom]broken halberds buried in the sand
- 折节待士[idiom]be courteous and condescending to the scholarly
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "zhé", "折" means "break", and can be followed by an object, such as "折桂"; when pronounced as "shé", it refers to the result of the behavior and can not be with an object independently, such as "撞折了小树"; when pronounced as "zhē", it means "turn over and overturning", as in "折腾".