Definition
折 (zhé) has three common verb senses: (1) to break or fracture (e.g., a bone) – like 断 (duàn) but often more deliberate; (2) to fold or bend (paper, clothing); (3) to convert currencies or apply a discount – 折合 (zhé hé) means precise conversion, while 折 alone often means taking a fraction off a price.
verb
to breakto fractureto foldto bendto discountto convert (currency)
Easily confused
- 折shélook-aliketo snap, to break (of long thin objects like sticks, bones, pencils)
- 这zhèsound-alikethis; these
- 听tīnglook-aliketo listen; to hear
- 着zhesound-alike(particle) indicates an action in progress or a continuing state
- 近jìnlook-alikenear; close (in distance or time)
- 者zhěsound-alike(suffix) one who (is/does); -er; -ist; person involved in
- 斩zhǎnlook-aliketo behead (as capital punishment)
- 遮zhēsound-aliketo cover, to block (physically)
- 断duànlook-aliketo break, to snap (physically)
- 拆chāilook-aliketo take apart, to dismantle (a machine, building, etc.)
Examples
- ，折。Tā cóng shù shàng diào xiàlái, bǎ tuǐ zhé le.He fell from the tree and broke his leg.
- 折。Tā bǎ xìn zhé hǎo fàng jìn xìnfēng lǐ.He folded the letter and put it in the envelope.
- ？Yì bǎi měiyuán zhé hé duōshǎo rénmínbì?How much renminbi does one hundred US dollars convert to?
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