pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
折 
折 
zhe2 
 
 
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 
 
折 
摺 
zhe2 
 
 
variant of 折; to fold 
 
折 
折 
she2 
 
 
to break (e.g. stick or bone); a loss 
 
折 
折 
zhe1 
 
 
to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container) 
 
 
strokes 
7 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
4 
 
百折不回 
百折不回 
bai3 zhe2 bu4 hui2 
 
 
see 百折不撓|百折不挠 
 
百折不挠 
百折不撓 
bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2 
 
 
to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom); to be undaunted by repeated setbacks; to be indomitable 
 
波折 
波折 
bo1 zhe2 
 
 
twists and turns 
 
不折不扣 
不折不扣 
bu4 zhe2 bu4 kou4 
 
 
a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out 
 
蟾宫折桂 
蟾宮折桂 
chan2 gong1 zhe2 gui4 
 
 
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination 
 
存折 
存摺 
cun2 zhe2 
 
 
passbook; bankbook 
 
挫折 
挫折 
cuo4 zhe2 
 
 
setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue 
 
挫折感 
挫折感 
cuo4 zhe2 gan3 
 
 
frustration 
 
打折 
打折 
da3 zhe2 
 
 
to give a discount 
 
打折扣 
打折扣 
da3 zhe2 kou4 
 
 
to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated 
 
蠹众木折 
蠹眾木折 
du4 zhong4 mu4 zhe2 
 
 
Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom) 
 
对折 
對摺 
dui4 zhe2 
 
 
to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two 
 
反酷刑折磨公约 
反酷刑折磨公約 
fan3 ku4 xing2 zhe2 mo2 gong1 yue1 
 
 
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) 
 
费周折 
費周折 
fei4 zhou1 zhe2 
 
 
to spend (much) effort; to go through (a lot of) trouble 
 
骨折 
骨折 
gu3 zhe2 
 
 
to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture 
 
横折 
橫折 
heng2 zhe2 
 
 
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke) 
 
回折 
回折 
hui2 zhe2 
 
 
diffraction (physics) 
 
回折格子 
回折格子 
hui2 zhe2 ge2 zi5 
 
 
diffraction grating (physics) 
 
将功折罪 
將功折罪 
jiang1 gong1 zhe2 zui4 
 
 
see 將功贖罪|将功赎罪 
 
九折 
九折 
jiu3 zhe2 
 
 
10% off (price) 
 
酷刑折磨 
酷刑折磨 
ku4 xing2 zhe2 mo2 
 
 
torture and cruel treatment 
 
亏折 
虧折 
kui1 zhe2 
 
 
to make a capital loss 
 
兰摧玉折 
蘭摧玉折 
lan2 cui1 yu4 zhe2 
 
 
premature death of a budding talent; those whom the Gods love die young 
 
磨折 
磨折 
mo2 zhe2 
 
 
to torture; to torment 
 
盘旋曲折 
盤旋曲折 
pan2 xuan2 qu1 zhe2 
 
 
lit. windy and circuitous; difficult (idiom) 
 
赔了夫人又折兵 
賠了夫人又折兵 
pei2 le5 fu1 ren2 you4 zhe2 bing1 
 
 
having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom); to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy 
 
破折号 
破折號 
po4 zhe2 hao4 
 
 
dash; Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash) 
 
曲折 
曲折 
qu1 zhe2 
 
 
winding; (fig.) complicated 
 
屈折语 
屈折語 
qu1 zhe2 yu3 
 
 
to inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate 
 
折本 
折本 
she2 ben3 
 
 
a loss; to lose money 
 
折秤 
折秤 
she2 cheng4 
 
 
discrepancy in weight 
 
折耗 
折耗 
she2 hao4 
 
 
loss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage 
 
折钱 
折錢 
she2 qian2 
 
 
a loss; to lose money 
 
竖折 
豎折 
shu4 zhe2 
 
 
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke) 
 
苏格兰折耳猫 
蘇格蘭摺耳貓 
su1 ge2 lan2 zhe2 er3 mao1 
 
 
Scottish Fold 
 
凸折线 
凸摺線 
tu1 zhe2 xian4 
 
 
convex polygonal line 
 
弯折 
彎折 
wan1 zhe2 
 
 
to bend 
 
未折现 
未折現 
wei4 zhe2 xian4 
 
 
undiscounted; full price 
 
心折 
心摺 
xin1 zhe2 
 
 
convinced; to admire from the heart; enchanted 
 
夭折 
夭折 
yao1 zhe2 
 
 
to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely 
 
一波三折 
一波三折 
yi1 bo1 san1 zhe2 
 
 
calligraphic flourish with many twists; fig. many twists and turns 
 
一折两段 
一折兩段 
yi1 zhe2 liang3 duan4 
 
 
to split sth into two (idiom) 
 
邮折 
郵摺 
you2 zhe2 
 
 
(philately) presentation pack; stamp folder 
 
迂回曲折 
迂回曲折 
yu1 hui2 qu1 zhe2 
 
 
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere; going around in circles 
 
折跟头 
折跟頭 
zhe1 gen1 tou5 
 
 
to do a somersault; to turn head over heels 
 
折过儿 
折過兒 
zhe1 guo4 er5 
 
 
to turn over 
 
折箩 
折籮 
zhe1 luo2 
 
 
mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet 
 
折腾 
折騰 
zhe1 teng5 
 
 
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money) 
 
折半 
折半 
zhe2 ban4 
 
 
to reduce by fifty percent; half-price 
 
折笔 
折筆 
zhe2 bi3 
 
 
against the bristles (brush movement in painting) 
 
折变 
折變 
zhe2 bian4 
 
 
to sell off sth 
 
折尺 
摺尺 
zhe2 chi3 
 
 
folding ruler 
 
折冲樽俎 
折衝樽俎 
zhe2 chong1 zun1 zu3 
 
 
lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions 
 
折挫 
折挫 
zhe2 cuo4 
 
 
to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult 
 
折刀 
折刀 
zhe2 dao1 
 
 
clasp knife; folding knife 
 
折刀儿 
折刀兒 
zhe2 dao1 er5 
 
 
a clasp knife; a folding knife 
 
折叠 
折疊 
zhe2 die2 
 
 
to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) 
 
折叠式 
折疊式 
zhe2 die2 shi4 
 
 
folding (i.e. portable) 
 
折叠椅 
折疊椅 
zhe2 die2 yi3 
 
 
folding chair; deck chair 
 
折断 
折斷 
zhe2 duan4 
 
 
to snap sth off; to break 
 
折兑 
折兌 
zhe2 dui4 
 
 
to cash; to change gold or silver into money 
 
折返 
折返 
zhe2 fan3 
 
 
to turn back 
 
折缝 
折縫 
zhe2 feng2 
 
 
welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside) 
 
折服 
折服 
zhe2 fu2 
 
 
to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over 
 
折光 
摺光 
zhe2 guang1 
 
 
refraction 
 
折光 
折光 
zhe2 guang1 
 
 
refraction 
 
折桂 
折桂 
zhe2 gui4 
 
 
to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship 
 
折合 
折合 
zhe2 he2 
 
 
to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to 
 
折痕 
折痕 
zhe2 hen2 
 
 
crease; fold 
 
折回 
折回 
zhe2 hui2 
 
 
to turn back; to retrace one's steps 
 
折角 
折角 
zhe2 jiao3 
 
 
to fold the corner of a page; to dog-ear 
 
折节读书 
折節讀書 
zhe2 jie2 du2 shu1 
 
 
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom) 
 
折旧 
折舊 
zhe2 jiu4 
 
 
depreciation 
 
折旧率 
折舊率 
zhe2 jiu4 lv4 
 
 
rate of deprecation 
 
折扣 
折扣 
zhe2 kou4 
 
 
discount 
 
折磨 
折磨 
zhe2 mo2 
 
 
to persecute; to torment 
 
折裙 
摺裙 
zhe2 qun2 
 
 
pleated skirt 
 
折杀 
折殺 
zhe2 sha1 
 
 
to not deserve (one's good fortune etc) 
 
折煞 
折煞 
zhe2 sha1 
 
 
variant of 折殺|折杀 
 
折扇 
折扇 
zhe2 shan4 
 
 
folding fan 
 
折射 
折射 
zhe2 she4 
 
 
to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) 
 
折射率 
折射率 
zhe2 she4 lv4 
 
 
index of refraction 
 
折寿 
折壽 
zhe2 shou4 
 
 
to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc) 
 
折算 
折算 
zhe2 suan4 
 
 
to convert (between currencies) 
 
折头 
折頭 
zhe2 tou5 
 
 
discount 
 
折线 
折線 
zhe2 xian4 
 
 
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg 
 
折现 
折現 
zhe2 xian4 
 
 
to discount 
 
折现率 
折現率 
zhe2 xian4 lv4 
 
 
discount rate 
 
折腰 
折腰 
zhe2 yao1 
 
 
to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit 
 
折椅 
摺椅 
zhe2 yi3 
 
 
folding chair 
 
折枝 
折枝 
zhe2 zhi1 
 
 
massage; snapped-off branch; sprig; to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort) 
 
折纸 
摺紙 
zhe2 zhi3 
 
 
paper folding; origami 
 
折衷 
折衷 
zhe2 zhong1 
 
 
variant of 折中 
 
折中 
折中 
zhe2 zhong1 
 
 
to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic 
 
折衷鹦鹉 
折衷鸚鵡 
zhe2 zhong1 ying1 wu3 
 
 
Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea) 
 
折衷主义 
折衷主義 
zhe2 zhong1 zhu3 yi4 
 
 
eclecticism 
 
折皱 
折皺 
zhe2 zhou4 
 
 
fold; crease; wrinkle 
 
折转 
摺轉 
zhe2 zhuan3 
 
 
reflex (angle); to turn back 
 
折转 
折轉 
zhe2 zhuan3 
 
 
reflex (angle); to turn back 
 
折子 
摺子 
zhe2 zi5 
 
 
folding notebook; accounts book 
 
折子戏 
折子戲 
zhe2 zi5 xi4 
 
 
opera highlights performed as independent pieces 
 
折奏 
摺奏 
zhe2 zou4 
 
 
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) 
 
折罪 
折罪 
zhe2 zui4 
 
 
to atone for a crime 
 
周折 
周折 
zhou1 zhe2 
 
 
twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort 
 
皱折 
皺折 
zhou4 zhe2 
 
 
crease; fold; ripple; lap 
 
朱云折槛 
朱雲折檻 
zhu1 yun2 zhe1 kan3 
 
 
Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly 
 
转折 
轉折 
zhuan3 zhe2 
 
 
shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation 
 
转折点 
轉折點 
zhuan3 zhe2 dian3 
 
 
turning point; breaking point 
 
奏折 
奏摺 
zou4 zhe2 
 
 
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)