折 shé / zhé / zhē in a sentence
Break (snap - lose money); Break (lose - fold - to turn); Roll over
折 (shé / zhé / zhē) means Break (snap - lose money), Break (lose - fold - to turn), Roll over. Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
大风把树枝 折 断了。
Dà fēng bǎ shùzhī zhé duàn le.
The strong wind snapped the branch.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折
他把纸 折 成了一只小船。
Tā bǎ zhǐ zhé chéng le yì zhī xiǎo chuán.
He folded the paper into a little boat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折
这条小路很曲 折 。
Zhè tiáo xiǎolù hěn qūzhé.
This little path winds a great deal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 曲折
这件外套正在打 折 。
Zhè jiàn wàitào zhèngzài dǎzhé.
This coat is on sale at the moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打折
商店周末常常打 折 。
Shāngdiàn zhōumò chángcháng dǎzhé.
The shop often has discounts at the weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打折
这些商品一律五 折 。
Zhèxiē shāngpǐn yílǜ wǔ zhé.
All these goods are half price.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一律
他的经历十分曲 折 。
Tā de jīnglì shífēn qūzhé.
His life has taken many twists and turns.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 曲折
疾病 折 磨了他很多年。
Jíbìng zhémo le tā hěn duō nián.
Illness tormented him for many years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折磨
等待有时是一种 折 磨。
Děngdài yǒushí shì yì zhǒng zhémo.
Waiting is sometimes a torment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折磨
遇到挫 折 不要轻易放弃。
Yùdào cuòzhé bú yào qīngyì fàngqì.
Do not give up easily when you meet a setback.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挫折
这部小说的情节很曲 折 。
Zhè bù xiǎoshuō de qíngjié hěn qūzhé.
The plot of this novel is full of twists.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 情节
这次出行费了不少周 折 。
Zhè cì chūxíng fèi le bù shǎo zhōuzhé.
This trip involved no small amount of trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 周折
这是他人生的一个转 折 。
Zhè shì tā rénshēng de yí ge zhuǎnzhé.
This was a turning point in his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 转折
故事在这里出现了转 折 。
Gùshi zài zhèlǐ chūxiàn le zhuǎnzhé.
The story takes a turn at this point.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 转折
这次挫 折 让他成熟了不少。
Zhè cì cuòzhé ràng tā chéngshú le bù shǎo.
This setback has made him considerably more mature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挫折
他 折 腾了一晚上也没睡着。
Tā zhēteng le yì wǎnshang yě méi shuìzháo.
He tossed and turned all night without sleeping.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折腾
这件事 折 腾了他好几个月。
Zhè jiàn shì zhēteng le tā hǎojǐ ge yuè.
This business put him through several months of trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折腾
他 折 了一枝梅花插在瓶里。
Tā zhé le yì zhī méihuā chā zài píng lǐ.
He broke off a spray of plum blossom and put it in a vase.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枝
他们试图找到一个 折 中方案。
Tāmen shìtú zhǎodào yí ge zhézhōng fāng'àn.
They attempted to find a compromise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 试图
经过一番周 折 ，事情终于办成了。
Jīngguò yì fān zhōuzhé, shìqing zhōngyú bàn chéng le.
After a good deal of trouble the matter was finally settled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 周折
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Words that contain 折
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Questions about 折
How is 折 used in a sentence?
This page shows 20 sentences using 折 (shé / zhé / zhē, "Break (snap - lose money), Break (lose - fold - to turn), Roll over"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 折 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 折 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 折 an HSK word?
Yes — 折 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 折?
The dictionary page for 折 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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