打折

打折 dǎzhé

To give a discount

What 打折 means

  1. To give a discount

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 打折, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Character by character

打折 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

dǎ / dá
Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen
shé / zhé / zhē
Break (snap - lose money); Break (lose - fold - to turn)

How to write 打折

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打折 in a sentence

这件外套正在打折。
Zhè jiàn wàitào zhèngzài dǎzhé.
This coat is on sale at the moment.
商店周末常常打折。
Shāngdiàn zhōumò chángcháng dǎzhé.
The shop often has discounts at the weekend.

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Questions about 打折

What does 打折 mean in English?

打折 is pronounced dǎzhé and means To give a discount †.

How do you pronounce 打折?

打折 is dǎzhé in pinyin — written dazhe without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 打折?

打折 is written with 2 characters: 打 (dǎ / dá) Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen, 折 (shé / zhé / zhē) Break (snap - lose money); Break (lose - fold - to turn). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 打折 an HSK word?

Yes — 打折 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

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