| 折 | shé | to break (e.g. stick or bone); a loss |
| 折 | zhē | to turn sth over; to turn upside-down; to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 | zhé | o fold; 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 |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | complicated; winding |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue |
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to persecute; to torment |
| 折旧 | zhé jiù | depreciation |
| 折射率 | zhé shè lǜ | index of refraction |
| 折射 | zhé shè | to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) |
| 转折 | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; plot shift in a book; twists and turns |
| 折合 | zhé hé | to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to |
| 折叠 | zhé dié | fold |
| 折线 | zhé xiàn | broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg |
| 奏折 | zòu zhé | memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) |
| 折中 | zhé zhōng | to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic |
| 转折点 | zhuǎn zhé diǎn | turning point; breaking point |
| 折算 | zhé suàn | to convert (between currencies) |
| 不折不扣 | bù zhé bù kòu | a hundred per cent; to the letter; out-and-out |
| 折回 | zhé huí | to turn back; to retrace one's steps |
| 骨折 | gǔ zhé | broken bones; fracture |
| 对折 | duì zhé | to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two |
| 折腾 | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy |
| 折衷 | zhé zhōng | to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic |
| 折光 | zhé guāng | refraction |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 周折 | zhōu zhé | complication; twists and turns; problem; setback |
| 夭折 | yāo zhé | to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely |
| 折半 | zhé bàn | to reduce by fifty percent; half-price |
| 波折 | bō zhé | twists and turns |
| 百折不挠 | bǎi zhé bù náo | keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks; be undaunted by repeated setbacks; be indomitable |
| 一折两段 | yī zhé liǎng duàn | to split sth into two (idiom) |
| 一波三折 | yī bō sān zhé | calligraphic flourish with many twists; fig. many twists and turns |
| 九折 | jiǔ zhé | 10% off (price) |
| 凸折线 | tū zhé xiàn | convex polygonal line |
| 反酷刑折磨公约 | fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē | UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) |
| 回折 | huí zhé | diffraction (physics) |
| 回折格子 | huí zhé gé zi | diffraction grating (physics) |
| 存折 | cún zhé | (bank) deposit book |
| 屈折语 | qū zhé yǔ | to inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate |
| 弯折 | wān zhé | to bend |
| 心折 | xīn zhé | convinced; to admire from the heart; enchanted |
| 打折 | dǎ zhé | to give a discount |
| 打折扣 | dǎ zhé kòu | to give a discount |
| 折兑 | zhé duì | to cash; to change gold or silver into money |
| 折刀 | zhé dāo | clasp knife; folding knife |
| 折刀儿 | zhé dāor | a clasp knife; a folding knife |
| 折扇 | zhé shàn | folding fan |
| 折挫 | zhé cuò | to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult |
| 折断 | zhé duàn | to snap sth off; to break |
| 折服 | zhé fú | to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over |
