折页 (zhé yè) — folded flyer or leaflet; to fold pages (into a booklet)

Definition

折页 (shé) refers to folding printed sheets into a multi-panel flyer, brochure, or booklet. As a bound/printed term it also names the folded leaflet itself.

verb
folded flyer or leafletto fold pages (into a booklet)

Examples

  • 折页。
    Zhè běn shǒu cè yòng le sì zhé zhé yè de shè jì.
    This brochure uses a four-panel foldout design.
  • 折页。
    Yìn shuā gōng rén zhèng zài zhé yè zhuāng dìng.
    The printer workers are folding and binding.
  • 折页。
    Měi zhāng zhǐ dōu yào shuāng miàn yìn shuā hòu zhé yè.
    Each sheet must be printed on both sides and then folded.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

折zhéfold
页yèpage

折 means fold and 页 means page; together they describe folding pages.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 屮𣏄𣏄a tree {{zh-m|*木}} cut in half
  • 斤斤jīnaxe

The shape originally showed an axe (斤) cutting a tree in half; in 折 the left part is now written as a hand.

Open 折 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頁; 页 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 頁 drew a head and body of a kneeling person; later 頁 was used to write page. This explanation is about 頁, not the simplified 页.

Open 页 →

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