折 is also the simplified spelling of 摺.
折
Meanings · zit3
- (verb) go back or turn back (to the place just left)
Meanings · sit6
- to lose money in business
- a surname
Meanings · zit3
- 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
- a scene in a play
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 折 shé CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
- 折 zhē CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)
- 折 zhé CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; …
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhe2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 26 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sit6 · zip3 · zit3
Cantonese word readings for 折. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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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