折叠 meaning in English

zhédié

to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 折疊20 strokes

Meaning of 折叠

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

折叠 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā把bǎ毛máo巾jīn折zhé叠dié好hǎo再zài放fàng入rù柜guì子zi里lǐ。
She folded up the towels and put them away in the cupboard.
这zhè把bǎ菜cài刀dāo不bù够gòu锋fēng利lì,所suǒ以yǐ我wǒ用yòng了le我wǒ的de折zhé叠dié刀dāo来lái切qiè肉ròu。
The kitchen knife wasn't sharp enough to cut the meat, so I used my pocket knife.
请qǐng勿wù折zhé叠dié!
Do not fold!

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

折 zhé · to break · 7 strokes

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叠 dié · to pile up · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 折叠.

打折dǎzhéto give a discount
折磨zhémóto torment; to torture
骨折gǔzhéto suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break
折腾zhētengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again
挫折cuòzhésetback; reverse
折扣zhékòudiscount
重叠chóngdiéto overlap; to superimpose
转折点zhuǎnzhédiǎnturning point; breaking point
转折zhuǎnzhéshift in the trend of events; turnaround
曲折qūzhéwinding; (fig.) complicated
波折bōzhétwists and turns
存折cúnzhépassbook; bankbook

Questions about 折叠

What does 折叠 mean?

折叠 (zhédié) means "to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 折叠?

折叠 is made of 2 characters: 折 (7 strokes), 叠 (13 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 折叠 an HSK word?

Yes. 折叠 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 折叠 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 折叠 is written 折疊.