折 is also the simplified spelling of 摺.
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折
Mandarin · pinyin shé#
Meanings · shé
- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
Mandarin · pinyin zhē#
Meanings · zhē
- to turn sth over
- to turn upside down
- to tip sth out (of a container)
Mandarin · pinyin zhé#
Meanings · 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
Characters in this entry
- 折
- zhé · break off, snap; bend
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Mandarin tones
2 · she2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sit6 · zip3 · zit3
Cantonese word readings for 折. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to break off; to snap; to pluck off
- to bend; to twist
- to turn back; to change direction
- to lose; to suffer the loss of
- to die (young)
- to convert into; to amount to
- to admire; to be convinced
- to trade; to exchange
- to censure; to blame
- difficulty; obstacle
- (Cantonese) to discount
- (Cantonese) discount
- (Hokkien) having more benefits than harms; worthwhile; profitable; reasonably priced
- Classifier for discount.
- Classifier for folds.
- Classifier for theatrical scenes.
- (Chinese calligraphy) a change in direction of a stroke (such as in ㇕, ㇉, or ㇜)
- (Chinese opera) an act.
- (historical, Ming and Qing dynasties) short for 奏折 (zòuzhé), memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form); imperial memorial.
- a surname, Zhe
character · Etymology 1
- (intransitive, usually of long objects) to break, snap
- to be at a (financial) loss
- a surname, She
character · Etymology 1
- (colloquial) to turn over; to flip
- (colloquial) to pour out; to tip something out
character · Etymology 2
- (colloquial) only used in 折折 (“peaceful”)
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