Chinese Conversation · Level 23
90 words
Chinese word
对折
Pronunciation
Pinyinduì zhé
Meaning
- verbfold in half
Example
请把这张纸对折。qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng zhǐ duì zhé
Please fold this paper in half.
More examples
他把信对折放进信封里。tā bǎ xìn duì zhé fàng jìn xìn fēng lǐ
He folded the letter in half and put it in the envelope.
Core concept
Two sides meet at a center so one whole becomes two equal halves, either as overlapping layers or as a price reduced to half its original amount.
Common phrases
把纸对折bǎ zhǐ duì zhé
fold the paper in half
把衣服对折bǎ yī fú duì zhé
fold the clothes in half
把地图对折bǎ dì tú duì zhé
fold the map in half
Similar words
叠dié: Folding layers of paper or cloth into one gathered bundle.
折叠zhé dié: Folding an object to make it smaller and easier to put away.
折成两半zhé chéng liǎng bàn: Folding an object in the middle to make two equal parts.
Definition in Chinese
沿中心线将物体对折，使两侧重叠；也用于口语表示按一半计算价格。yán zhōng xīn xiàn jiāng wù tǐ duì zhé shǐ liǎng cè chóng dié yě yòng yú kóu yǔ biǎo shì àn yí bàn jì suàn jià gé
Word origin
对折 (duìzhé, "fold in half") combines 对 (duì, "toward each other") and 折 (zhé, "fold"), describing two sides meeting at a fold and extending the same halving idea to prices.
Usage tips
- Paper, clothes, and maps usually signal the physical sense, while a sale notice signals the commercial sense, so the surrounding noun or setting resolves the meaning quickly.
Other meanings
- half foldnoun
- half pricenoun
Opposites
- 展开zhǎn kāiunfoldverb