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shé = sh + e2
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
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zhē = zh + e1
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
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zhé = zh + e2
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
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zhé = zh + e2
variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold
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How to pronounce 折

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated about 1 month ago
+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ e1 final

In front of the elevator.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

折 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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jīn = ji + (e)n1
catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
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Characters with 折 as component

zhé = zh + e2
wise / a sage
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shì = sh + Ø4
(of time) to pass / to die
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shì = sh + Ø4
(of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away; to die
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Words with 折

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to torment / to torture
to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)

Sentences with 折

折 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shé / zhē / zhé

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