Meaning
broken (as of rope; stick); tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn
Chinese: 折断、折叠;也表示折扣、损失。读 zhé。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhe” becomes a different word in each tone. 折 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 打折dǎ zhéto give a discount
- 折扣zhé kòudiscount
- 折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
- 折腾zhē tengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy
- 挫折cuò zhésetback; reverse; check; defeat
Example Sentence
他把信纸对折了一下，放进信封。Tā bǎ xìn zhǐ duì zhé le yí xià, fàng jìn xìn fēng.He folded the letter paper and put it into the envelope.
他Tāhe把bǎ(marks the object)信纸xìn zhǐletter paper对折duì zhéto sell at a 50% discount了le(completed action)一下yí xiàall at once，放进fàng jìnto put into信封xìn fēngenvelope。