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
折腾
zhēteng
to toss about; to trouble; to torment; to busy oneself with
Characters in this word
腾 téng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 朕 the royal "we", for imperial use 马 horse
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 搬了三次家，大家都被折腾累了。 Bān le sān cì jiā, dàjiā dōu bèi zhēteng lèi le. After moving house three times, everyone was worn out by all the hassle.
- 孩子们在床上折腾了半天，最后终于睡着了。 Háizimen zài chuáng shàng zhēteng le bàn tiān, zuìhòu zhōngyú shuìzháo le. The kids tossed around on the bed for a long while and finally fell asleep.
- 别折腾了，这台旧电脑修不好了。 Bié zhēteng le, zhè tái jiù diànnǎo xiū bù hǎo le. Stop messing with it, this old computer cannot be fixed.
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
- 折 shé to break; to lose money
- 周折 zhōuzhé trouble; twists and turns
- 转折 zhuǎnzhé turning; twist; change in direction
- 转折点 zhuǎnzhédiǎn turning point; inflection point