"折" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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折
Trad. 折
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 手
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 7
Structure
Decomp. 扌斤
Prononciation
Mandarin shé; zhé; zhē
Entry Methods
Pinyin she2; zhe2; zhe1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 QHML
手竹一中
Sijiao 5202.1
Wubi RRH
CNS 11643 1-4A4B
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6298
GB2312 D5DB
BIG5 A7E9
Results for 折
折 shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
折 zhé variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold
折 zhē to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
Results beginning with 折
折扣 zhé kòu discount
折磨 zhé mó to torment / to torture
折腾 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)
折叠 zhé dié to fold / collapsible / folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
折断 zhé duàn to snap sth off / to break
折射 zhé shè to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
折旧 zhé jiù depreciation
折合 zhé hé to convert into / to amount to / to be equivalent to
折服 zhé fú to convince / to subdue / to be convinced / to be bowled over
折算 zhé suàn to convert (between currencies)
折扇 zhé shàn folding fan
折回 zhé huí to turn back / to retrace one's steps
折腰 zhé yāo to bend at the waist / to bow / (fig.) to bow to / to submit
折衷 zhé zhōng variant of 折中[zhe2 zhong1]
折返 zhé fǎn to turn back
折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic
折子 zhé zi folding notebook / accounts book
折桂 zhé guì to win the laurels / to pass an imperial examination / to win a championship
折纸 zhé zhǐ to fold paper (to make origami articles) / origami
折枝 zhé zhī massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
折线 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
折光 zhé guāng refraction
折刀 zhé dāo clasp knife / folding knife
折痕 zhé hén crease / fold
折转 zhé zhuǎn reflex (angle) / to turn back
折寿 zhé shòu to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
折皱 zhé zhòu fold / crease / wrinkle
折椅 zhé yǐ folding chair
折半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price
折本 shé běn a loss / to lose money
折秤 shé chèng discrepancy in weight
折耗 shé hào loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage
折钱 shé qián a loss / to lose money
折笔 zhé bǐ against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
折变 zhé biàn to sell off sth
折尺 zhé chǐ folding ruler
折挫 zhé cuò to frustrate / to inhibit / to make things difficult
折抵 zhé dǐ to offset
折兑 zhé duì to cash / to change gold or silver into money
折缝 zhé féng welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)
折角 zhé jiǎo to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
折箩 zhē luó mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
折裙 zhé qún pleated skirt
折杀 zhé shā to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
折煞 zhé shā variant of 折殺|折杀[zhe2 sha1]
折损 zhé sǔn to suffer losses / to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
折头 zhé tou discount
折现 zhé xiàn to discount
折奏 zhé zòu memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
折罪 zhé zuì to atone for a crime
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折叠式 zhé dié shì folding (i.e. portable)
折射率 zhé shè lu:4 index of refraction
折扣率 zhé kòu lu:4 capitalization rate / discount rate
折旧率 zhé jiù lu:4 rate of deprecation
折叠椅 zhé dié yǐ folding chair / deck chair
折线图 zhé xiàn tú line chart
折迭桌  folding table
折迭床  collapsible bed
折流板  deflector
折迭房  flat-packing container
折迭托  folding buttstock / folding butt / folding stock
折刀儿 zhé dāo r a clasp knife / a folding knife
折耳根 zhé ěr gēn chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
折返跑 zhé fǎn pǎo shuttle run
折跟头 zhē gēn tou to do a somersault / to turn head over heels
折过儿 zhē guò r to turn over
折现率 zhé xiàn lu:4 discount rate
折子戏 zhé zi xì opera highlights performed as independent pieces
折节读书 zhé jié dú shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
折旧费用  depreciation charge
折价商店  discount store
折射剖面  refraction record section / refraction profile
折射速度  refraction spread
折射定律  Snell's laws / law of refraction
折冲樽俎 zhé chōng zūn zǔ lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table / fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat
折衷鹦鹉 zhé zhōng yīng wǔ Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)
折衷主义 zhé zhōng zhǔ yì eclecticism
折迭式枪托  folding buttstock / folding butt / folding stock
折射爆炸勘探  refraction shooting
折迭机操作员  Folding Machine Operator
折迭式浮桥车  folding pontoon bridge truck
Approximate Results for 折
打折 dǎ zhé to give a discount
挫折 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
曲折 qū zhé winding / (fig.) complicated
骨折 gǔ zhé to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
转折 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
存折 cún zhé passbook / bankbook
夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely
波折 bō zhé twists and turns
周折 zhōu zhé twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:番[fan1]
九折 jiǔ zhé 10% off (price)
奏折 zòu zhé memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
对折 duì zhé to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
心折 xīn zhé convinced / to admire from the heart / enchanted
坡折  break of slope
横折 héng zhé (horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
回折 huí zhé diffraction (physics)
亏折 kuī zhé to make a capital loss
磨折 mó zhé to torture / to torment
攀折 pān zhé to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
竖折 shù zhé (downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
弯折 wān zhé to bend
邮折 yóu zhé (philately) presentation pack / stamp folder
皱折 zhòu zhé crease / fold / ripple / lap
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转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point / breaking point
打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
挫折感 cuò zhé gǎn frustration
破折号 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── / (punct., double the length of the western dash)
费周折 fèi zhōu zhé to spend (much) effort / to go through (a lot of) trouble
屈折语 qū zhé yǔ to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate
凸折线 tū zhé xiàn convex polygonal line
未折现 wèi zhé xiàn undiscounted / full price
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out
一波三折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
百折不挠 bǎi zhé bù náo to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable
百折不回 bǎi zhé bù huí see 百折不撓|百折不挠[bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2]
蟾宫折桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
将功折罪 jiāng gōng zhé zuì see 將功贖罪|将功赎罪[jiang1 gong1 shu2 zui4]
蠹众木折 dù zhòng mù zhé Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
兰摧玉折 lán cuī yù zhé premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé meandering and circuitous (idiom) / complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
几何折旧  geometric depreciation
测深折减  reduction of soundings
胎儿夭折  foetal wastage
回折格子 huí zhé gé zi diffraction grating (physics)
酷刑折磨 kù xíng zhé mó torture and cruel treatment
盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé (idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
七折八扣 qī zhé bā kòu lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
束矢难折 shù shǐ nán zhé lit. bundled arrows are difficult to break / there is strength in unity (idiom)
一折两段 yī zhé liǎng duàn to split sth into two (idiom)
朱云折槛 Zhū Yún zhē kǎn Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom) / to challenge and admonish boldly
地震折射法  seismic refraction / seismic refraction technique / seismic refraction method
可折迭设施  knock-down facilities
骨折固定术  fracture immobilization
基线转折点  baseline turning point / turning point / basepoint
高折扣债券  deep-discount bond
骨折清创术  fracture debridement
骨折固定器具  fracture fixation set / external fixateur set
叁折带轮屏风  wheeled three-part screen
地震折射测量  seismic refraction survey / refraction survey
苏格兰折耳猫 Sū gé lán Zhé ěr māo Scottish Fold
为五斗米折腰 wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
赔了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
差额货币折算率  differential currency coefficient
反酷刑折磨公约 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
固定资产折余价值  net written-down value of a fixed asset
正爆破地震折射剖面  unreversed refraction line / unreversed seismic refraction data / unreversed refraction profile
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 bǎi shèng nán lu:4 dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
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