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折扣
zhékòu
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English Definitiondiscount
Simplified Script折扣
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinzhékòu
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄓㄜˊ ㄎㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)zit3kau3
Part of Speech(名) noun
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7 TOCFL=6
Word Decomposition
折zhéto 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); measure word for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book
扣kòuto fasten; to button; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on somebody; (Tw) (loanword) code

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
折磨zhémóto torment; to torture
折合zhéhéto convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to
折射zhéshèto refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
折叠zhédiéto fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
折断zhéduànto snap something off; to break
Words With Same Tail Word    
钮扣niǔkòubutton
回扣huíkòubrokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback
打折扣dǎzhé kòuto give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated
不折不扣bù zhé bù kòua hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
查扣chákòuto seize; to confiscate
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