摺 (zhé) — (bound form) to fold; (bound form) a folded item, such as a fan, booklet, or folder
Definition
摺 (zhé) is a bound/Classical form meaning 'to fold' or 'a folded item' (as in 摺扇 folding fan, 摺子 booklet). In modern Chinese it mostly appears inside compounds, not standing alone — for the everyday verb use 折.
bound form
to folda folded itemsuch as a fanbookletor folder
Easily confused
- 褶zhělook-alikepleat; crease; fold
- 折zhésound-aliketo break, to fracture
- 哲zhésound-alike(bound form) wisdom; philosophy; sagacity
- 蛰zhésound-alike(bound form) to hibernate; to be in a dormant state
- 辙zhésound-alike(lit.) wheel ruts, track marks left by a vehicle
- 喆zhésound-alike(variant of 哲) used in given names and surnames; wisdom, philosophy
Examples
- 摺。Tā xǐ huan yòng cǎi zhǐ zhé dié xiǎo xīng xing.She likes to fold small stars out of colored paper.
- 摺。Zhè wèi lǎo xiān sheng zǒng shì ná zhe yì bǎ zhé shàn.This old gentleman always carries a folding fan.
- 摺。Zhàng fáng xiān sheng bǎ shōu zhī jì lù xiě zài zhé zi lǐ.The accountant wrote the income and expense records in a folded booklet.
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