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折

shé · she/zhē · zhe/zhé · zhe

Traditional 摺

HSK 4Old HSK 6

Meaning

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shé 折

  1. to snap
  2. to break (a stick, a bone etc)
  3. (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

zhē 折

  1. to turn sth over
  2. to turn upside down
  3. to tip sth out (of a container)

zhé 折

  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
  4. to suffer loss
  5. to bend
  6. to twist
  7. to turn
  8. to change direction
  9. convinced
  10. to convert into (currency)
  11. discount
  12. rebate
  13. tenth (in price)
  14. classifier for theatrical scenes
  15. to fold
  16. accounts book

zhé 摺

  1. variant of 折 (zhé)
  2. to fold
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In a conversation

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A gym discount

  1. Liangliang

    健身房(jiànshēnfáng)办卡(bànkǎ)打折(dǎzhé)，你(nǐ)要(yào)不要(bùyào)去(qù)？

    The gym has a discount on memberships. Do you want to go?

  2. Dengdeng

    打(dǎ)几折(jǐzhé)？

    How much of a discount?

  3. Liangliang

    打(dǎ)八折(bāzhé)，一年(yīnián)两千(liǎngqiān)块(kuài)。

    Twenty percent off, two thousand yuan a year.

  4. Dengdeng

    八折(bāzhé)也(yě)不(bù)便宜(piányi)。

    Even with 20 percent off, it's not cheap.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)再(zài)等等(děngděng)吧(ba)，他(tā)说(shuō)明天(míngtiān)再(zài)打(dǎ)九折(jiǔzhé)。

    Wait a bit. He says tomorrow there is another ten percent off.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)明天(míngtiān)就是(jiùshì)七折(qīzhé)多(duō)，我(wǒ)明天(míngtiān)去(qù)！

    Then tomorrow it's a bit over 70 percent. I'll go tomorrow!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

首(shǒu)次(cì)订(dìng)购(gòu)可(kě)获(huò)九(jiǔ)五(wǔ)折(zhé)的(de)特(tè)别(bié)优(yōu)惠(huì)。

Your initial order is subject to a special discount of 5%.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

教(jiāo)我(wǒ)怎(zěn)么(me)折(zhé)纸(zhǐ)鹤(hè)吧(ba)。我(wǒ)忘(wàng)记(jì)怎(zěn)么(me)折(zhé)了(le)。

Teach me how to fold a paper crane. I forgot how to fold it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sunnywqing · English by Scott · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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