折

The character "折" has 7 strokes. "折" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "折" has 3 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "折" are "shé" "zhé" "zhē" . View the stroke order of "折">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "折"

v.: break; snap; lose money (in business); lose one's capital; roll over; turn over; pour (back and forth between two containers); fracture; die (young); defeat and frustrate; suffer the loss of; lose; discount; be convinced; be filled with admiration; turn back; change direction; bend; twist; flex; fold; substitute for; take the place of; convert into; amount to

n.: discount; turning stroke (in Chinese characters); booklet; folder; passbook

adj.: bending; twisted

quant.: scene (in a play); act

• break : v.打破；打断；违反；不执行；压垮；变化；进入新状态；突然传开
• snap : v.啪地折断；给…拍摄快照；快速后传；发出劈啪声；突然出声咬；使吧嗒一声；吧嗒一声地快速移动；突然失去自控；急促地说；怒声说
• roll over : 翻身；打滚；转存
• turn over : 翻；发动；持续运转
• fracture : n.破裂；断裂；折断；元音割裂；骨折；裂缝；裂痕；断口；断面；由单元音割裂成的复合元音
• lose : v.失去；丢失；输掉；未赢得（游戏；竞赛）；入不敷出；亏损；迷路；专注于；使…失去；（因死亡、断交）痛失（亲属）
• discount : n.折扣；贴现率
• be convinced : 说服；确信；相信
• turn back : 折回
• change direction : 改变方向
• bend : v.使弯曲；折弯；俯身；将身体前倾；歪曲…使之适合某人需要；篡改；集中；致力；系；缚
• twist : v.使弯曲；扭弯；扭歪；扭曲；旋转；转动；跳扭摆舞；欺骗；欺诈；牌面朝上
• flex : v.弯曲；屈曲；绷紧（肌肉）使之突起；收缩；绷紧；有弹性；屈肢安放
• fold : v.折叠；对折；包进；裹入；倒闭；停业；把…圈在栏中；打开；抱；拥抱
• substitute for : 替代；取代；代替
• take the place of : 取代, 代替
• convert into : 转化成；转换为；转化为
• amount to : 总计, 总共达到；实际上是
• booklet : n.小册子
• folder : n.文件夹；纸夹；文件夹图标；折叠式传单
• passbook : n.存折；黑人身份证
• bending : n.弯曲(度)；卷刀口；弯头
• twisted : adj.扭曲的；古怪的；变态的
• act : v.行动；做某事；行为；充当；担任；起作用；见效；扮演角色

Form words with "折"

折板结构 folded-plate structure

折阳寿 reduce sb's life span

吃折箩 eat leftovers from a feast

把箱子折了个底儿朝天 turn the box upside down

Example phrases using "折"

• 水太热，拿两个碗折一折就凉了。

  The water’s too hot. Pour it back and forth from one bowl to another to cool it.

• 车祸中，卡车折了个个儿。

  The truck overturned in the accident.

• 中sheep的复数无屈折变化。

  The zero plural in ‘three sheep’. ‘three sheep’

• 他折好信，封上信封，向邮筒走去。

  He folded it, sealed the envelope, and walked to the postbox.

• 她心不在焉地在手指间折弄她的裙子。

  She was absently pleating her skirt between her fingers

• 我在四处闲荡时摔折了胳膊。

  I was goofing around and broke my arm.

• 她看出我已折了一些锐气。

  She saw I had lost some of my fizz.

• 她转过身又折了回去。

  She turned and retraced her steps.

• 残余价值或折余值应该从最初的购买价中扣除。

  The scrap or salvage value should be netted off against the original purchase price.

• 有花堪折直须折。

  Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may.