折 zhé
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 斤 axe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
折
shé
to break; to lose money
Character
Example phrases
- 暴风过后，院子里的老树折了两根粗枝。 Bàofēng guòhòu, yuànzi lǐ de lǎoshù shé le liǎng gēn cū zhī. After the storm, two thick branches of the old tree in the courtyard had snapped.
- 他摔了一跤，胳膊差点儿折了。 Tā shuāi le yī jiāo, gēbó chàdiǎnr shé le. He fell down and almost broke his arm.
- 小店生意不好，一年下来折了不少本钱。 Xiǎodiàn shēngyì bù hǎo, yī nián xiàlái shé le bù shǎo běnqián. Business at the small shop was poor, and over the year it lost a lot of its capital.
Related words
- 打折 dǎzhé to discount; to go on sale
- 折 zhé to fold
- 挫折 cuòzhé to frustrate
- 波折 bōzhé setback; twists and turns
- 不折不扣 bùzhébúkòu out-and-out; thoroughgoing; without discount
- 存折 cúnzhé bankbook; passbook
- 骨折 gǔzhé to fracture; bone fracture
- 曲折 qūzhé winding; complicated; tortuous
- 周折 zhōuzhé trouble; twists and turns
- 转折 zhuǎnzhé turning; twist; change in direction
- 转折点 zhuǎnzhédiǎn turning point; inflection point
- 折腾 zhēteng to toss about; to trouble; to torment; to busy oneself with