折
zhé · shé
Meanings of 折 in English
zhéHSK 6verbSyllabus #5275
- to break
- to fracture
- to snap
- to suffer loss
- to bend
- to twist
- to turn
- to change direction
shéHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #8955
- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
Example sentences
- 这个男孩把收音机折散架了。zhè ge nán hái bǎ shōu yīn jī zhé sǎn jià le。The boy took the radio apart.
- 能给我打个折么?néng gěi wǒ dǎ gè zhé me?Can you give me a discount?
- 能给我打个折么?néng gěi wǒ dǎ gè zhé me?Could you give me a discount?
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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences