HSK 6 · Ideas

挫折 cuòzhé “setback” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 挫折 means

  1. setback
  2. frustration
  3. reverse
  4. check
  5. defeat
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • disappointment

How to say 挫折

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale挫cuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale折zhé2nd tone, rising

挫折 in a sentence

  1. 遇到挫折不要放弃。

    Yùdào cuòzhé búyào fàngqì.

    Don’t give up when you hit a setback.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 每个人的人生都会有挫折。

    Měi ge rén de rénshēng dōu huì yǒu cuòzhé.

    Everyone’s life has its setbacks.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 挫折 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 挫 (cuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
挫cuòobstructed
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 坐seat · zuòSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 坐 (zuò) hints at the sound. Compare it with cuò.

The character 折 (zhé) with each of its parts in a different colour
折zhéto break
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 斤axe · jīn

How to write 挫折

挫 10 strokes · 折 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

挫折 (cuòzhé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 挫折 (cuòzhé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 挫折

Words with 折

打折dǎzhé · to give a discount折zhé · to break折磨zhémo · to torment折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn曲折qūzhé · winding周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns转折zhuǎnzhé · turning point

More words: Ideas & Concepts

川流不息chuānliúbùxī · flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)处境chǔjìng · situation出路chūlù · way out出息chūxi · promise代价dàijià · price档次dàngcì · grade当务之急dāngwùzhījí · top priority导向dǎoxiàng · orientation

FAQs

挫折 (cuòzhé) means “setback” or “frustration”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cuòzhé: cuò with a 4th tone, then zhé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 挫折 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cuozhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 挫折 from the suggestions. Typing cuozhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
挫折 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.