折 zit³ {zhé}

(verb) go back or turn back (to the place just left)

摺〔折〕 zit³ {zhé}

piss off; shut up (Cantonese)

摺〔折〕 {zhé}

1. to break
2. to fracture
3. to snap
4. to suffer loss
5. to bend
6. to twist
7. to turn
8. to change direction
9. convinced
10. to convert into (currency)
11. discount
12. rebate
13. tenth (in price)
14. classifier for theatrical scenes
15. to fold
16. accounts book

折 zit³ {shé}

1. to break (e.g. stick or bone)
2. a loss

折 zit³ {zhē}

1. to turn sth over
2. to turn upside down
3. to tip sth out (of a container)

折 zit³ {zhé}

1. to break
2. to fracture
3. to snap
4. to suffer loss
5. to bend
6. to twist
7. to turn
8. to change direction
9. convinced
10. to convert into (currency)
11. discount
12. rebate
13. tenth (in price)
14. classifier for theatrical scenes
15. to fold
16. accounts book

折水 sit⁶ seoi² {zhé shuǐ}

returning water; currency devaluation; to shrink

摺床〔折-〕 zip³ cong⁴ {zhé chuáng}

a folding camp bed

摺檯〔折台〕 zip³ toi² {zhé tái}

noun; folding table

摺咗〔折-〕 zip³ zo² {zhé zuo}

verb; close, shut down

折衝〔-冲〕 zit³ cung¹ {zhé chōng}

to make enemies retreat; to repulse or subdue enemies; negotiation

折墮〔-堕〕 zit³ do⁶ {zhé huī}

(slang) (of behaviour) wicked or depraved conduct; bad karma; (of experience) depraved; or (curse language) to swear at someone who will be remorseful of their depraved conduct at the end.

折價〔-价〕 zit³ gaa³ {zhé jià}

verb; convert into money; depletion of value; discount

折辱 zit³ juk⁶ {zhé rǔ}

to insult, humiliate

摺埋〔折-〕 zit³ maai⁴ {zhé mái}

to fold; to stop, end, close down; to disappear

折磨 zit³ mo⁴ {zhémó}

(noun) Torture; (verb) 1. Torture

摺尺〔折-〕 zip³ cek³ {zhé chǐ}

folding ruler

摺椅〔折-〕 zip³ ji² {zhé yǐ}

folding chair

摺裙〔折-〕 zip³ kwan⁴ {zhé qún}

pleated skirt

摺皺〔折皱〕 zip³ zau³ {zhé zhòu}

1. fold
2. crease
3. wrinkle
4. pucker

摺奏〔折-〕 zip³ zau³ {zhé zòu}

memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)

摺子〔折-〕 zip³ zi² {zhé zi}

1. folding notebook
2. accounts book

摺紙〔折纸〕 zip³ zi² {zhé zhǐ}

1. paper folding
2. origami

折筆〔-笔〕 zit³ bat¹ {zhé bǐ}

against the bristles (brush movement in painting)

折變〔-变〕 zit³ bin³ {zhé biàn}

to sell off sth

折本 zit³ bun² {shé běn}

1. a loss
2. to lose money

折半 zit³ bun³ {zhé bàn}

1. to reduce by fifty percent
2. half-price

折錢〔-钱〕 zit³ cin² {shé qián}

1. a loss
2. to lose money

折秤 zit³ cing³ {shé chèng}

discrepancy in weight

折挫 zit³ co³ {zhé cuò}

1. to frustrate
2. to inhibit
3. to make things difficult

折兌〔-兑〕 zit³ deoi³ {zhé duì}

1. to cash
2. to change gold or silver into money

折疊〔-叠〕 zit³ dip⁶ {zhé dié}

1. to fold
2. collapsible
3. folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

折刀 zit³ dou¹ {zhé dāo}

1. clasp knife
2. folding knife

折返 zit³ faan² {zhé fǎn}

to turn back

折服 zit³ fuk⁶ {zhé fú}

1. to convince
2. to subdue
3. to be convinced
4. to be bowled over

折縫〔-缝〕 zit³ fung⁴ {zhé féng}

welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)

折舊〔-旧〕 zit³ gau⁶ {zhé jiù}

depreciation

折角 zit³ gok³ {zhé jiǎo}

1. to fold the corner of a page
2. to dog-ear

折桂 zit³ gwai³ {zhé guì}

1. to win the laurels
2. to pass an imperial examination
3. to win a championship

折光 zit³ gwong¹ {zhé guāng}

refraction

折痕 zit³ han⁴ {zhé hén}

1. crease
2. fold

折合 zit³ hap⁶ {zhé hé}

1. to convert into
2. to amount to
3. to be equivalent to

折耗 zit³ hou³ {shé hào}

1. loss of goods
2. damage to goods
3. shrinkage

折現〔-现〕 zit³ jin⁶ {zhé xiàn}

to discount

折扣 zit³ kau³ {zhé kòu}

discount

折籮〔-箩〕 zit³ lo⁴ {zhē luó}

mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet

折磨 zit³ mo⁴ {zhé mó}

1. to persecute
2. to torment

折殺〔-杀〕 zit³ saat³ {zhé shā}

to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)

折壽〔-寿〕 zit³ sau⁶ {zhé shòu}

to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)

折射 zit³ se⁶ {zhé shè}

1. to refract
2. refraction
3. to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)

折線〔-线〕 zit³ sin³ {zhé xiàn}

1. broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)
2. polygonal line
3. dog leg

折扇 zit³ sin³ {zhé shàn}

folding fan

折算 zit³ syun³ {zhé suàn}

to convert (between currencies)

折騰〔-腾〕 zit³ tang⁴ {zhē teng}

1. to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
2. to repeat sth over and over again
3. to torment sb
4. to play crazy
5. to squander (time, money)

折頭〔-头〕 zit³ tau⁴ {zhé tou}

discount

折斷〔-断〕 zit³ tyun⁵ {zhé duàn}

1. to snap sth off
2. to break

折回 zit³ wui⁴ {zhé huí}

1. to turn back
2. to retrace one's steps

折罪 zit³ zeoi⁶ {zhé zuì}

1. to atone for a crime
2. to compensate

折枝 zit³ zi¹ {zhé zhī}

massage

折中 zit³ zung³ {zhé zhōng}

1. to compromise
2. to take the middle road
3. a trade-off
4. eclectic

折轉〔-转〕 zit³ zyun² {zhé zhuǎn}

1. reflex (angle)
2. to turn back

摺手工〔折--〕 zip³ sau² gung¹ {zhé shǒu gōng}

origami 

摺子戲〔折-戏〕 zip³ zi² hei³ {zhé zi xì}

highlights from opera

折疊椅〔-叠-〕 zit³ dip⁶ ji² {zhé dié yǐ}

1. folding chair
2. deck chair

折疊式〔-叠-〕 zit³ dip⁶ sik¹ {zhé dié shì}

folding (i.e. portable)

折刀兒〔--儿〕 zit³ dou¹ ji⁴ {zhé dāo r}

1. a clasp knife
2. a folding knife

折跟頭〔--头〕 zit³ gan¹ tau⁴ {zhē gēn tou}

1. to do a somersault
2. to turn head over heels

折舊率〔-旧-〕 zit³ gau⁶ leot² {zhé jiù lǜ}

rate of deprecation

折過兒〔-过儿〕 zit³ gwo³ ji⁴ {zhē guò r}

to turn over

折現率〔-现-〕 zit³ jin⁶ leot² {zhé xiàn lǜ}

discount rate

折射率 zit³ se⁶ leot² {zhé shè lǜ}

index of refraction

摺高褲腳〔折-裤脚〕 zit³ gou¹ fu³ goek³ {zhé gāo kù jiǎo}

to roll up trousers cuffs

折衷鸚鵡〔--鹦鹉〕 zit³ cung¹ jing¹ mou⁵ {zhé zhōng yīng wǔ}

Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)

折衝樽俎〔-冲--〕 zit³ cung¹ zeon¹ zo² {zhé chōng zūn zǔ}

1. lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table
2. fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions

折衷主義〔---义〕 zit³ cung¹ zyu² ji⁶ {zhé zhōng zhǔ yì}

eclecticism

折節讀書〔-节读书〕 zit³ zit³ duk⁶ syu¹ {zhé jié dú shū}

to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)