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shé

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shé Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shé | she2
English translation
to break (e.g. stick or bone)
a loss
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhē | zhe1
English translation
to turn sth over
to turn upside down
to tip sth out (of a container)
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
variant of shé [zhé]
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble

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About shé

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

shé

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A hand  shǒu wielding an axe  jīn

Etymology of shé

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌斤

Explanation

Depicts a hand ( shǒu ) cutting something off with an axe ( jīn ).

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Example sentences using shé

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蚀刻 shí kè 出来 chū lái de 金属 jīnshǔ zhà shì hěn 脆弱 cuìruò de ,容易 róngyì 变形 biàn xíng zhòu shé huò 撕裂 sī liè .

The etched metal - film grids are very fragile and easy to distort, wrinkle or tear.

liàng Xīn de 白色 bái sè 折篷汽车 qì chē 简直 jiǎnzhí bàng 极了 jí le .

That new white convertible is totally awesome.

骨折 gǔ zhé le Néng 很快 jiē shǎng .

A broken bone soon knits up.

Suǒ 米斯 diū xià shé dié 自己 zìjǐ de 大衣 dà yī ,走上楼梯 lóu tī .

Soames left him folding the coat and began to mount the stairs.

xìn shé hǎo Hòu fàng jìn 信封 xìnfēng .

I folded the letter and then put it into the envelope.

Words with shé

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
折磨 zhémó to torment折磨 zhémó
shé to break shé
骨折 gǔ zhé fracture骨折 gǔ zhé
折腾 zhēteng to torment sb折騰
挫折 cuòzhé setback挫折 cuòzhé
折扣 zhé kòu discount折扣 zhé kòu
曲折 qūzhé winding曲折 qūzhé
折断 zhé duàn to break折斷
折叠 zhé dié to fold折疊
转折 zhuǎnzhé turnaround轉折
存折 cún zhé passbook存摺
转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point轉折點
打折 dǎzhé to give a discount打折 dǎzhé
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu
折射 zhé shè to refract折射 zhé shè
折合 zhé hé to convert into折合 zhé hé
周折 zhōuzhé vicissitude周折 zhōuzhé
打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu to give a discount打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu
折服 zhé fú to convince折服 zhé fú
波折 bō zhé twists and turns波折 bō zhé
夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely夭折 yāo zhé
折旧 zhé jiù depreciation折舊
折中 zhé zhōng to compromise折中 zhé zhōng
折算 zhé suàn to convert (between currencies)折算 zhé suàn
折返 zhé fǎn to turn back折返 zhé fǎn

shé Decomposition & Compounds

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shé Decomposition

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shé Compounds

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  • shé
    • shì , zhé , shì , zhē , xué , zhā , zhé , zhè , xué , , , , , ,
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