HSK 4 · Verbs

打折 dǎzhé “to give a discount” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 打折 means

  1. to give a discount

How to say 打折

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale打dǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale折zhé2nd tone, rising

打折 in a sentence

  1. 你能不能给我打折？

    Nǐ néng bu néng gěi wǒ dǎzhé?

    Can you give me a discount?

    Sentence #3476975 from Tatoeba

  2. 价钱可以打折吗？

    Jiàqian kěyǐ dǎzhé ma?

    Can the price be discounted?

    Sentence #420722 from Tatoeba

  3. 毛皮大衣在打折。

    Máopí dàyī zài dǎzhé.

    Fur coats are on sale.

    Sentence #427609 from Tatoeba

How 打折 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 打 (dǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
打dǎto hit; to strike
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part

Memory aidA hand 扌 striking a nail 丁: to hit. It is now used for many actions, such as 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) “to phone”.

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 打折

打 5 strokes · 折 7 strokes

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

Words related to 打折

Words with 打

打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call打dǎ · to hit打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)打开dǎkāi · to open打篮球dǎlánqiú · to play basketball打扫dǎsǎo · to clean打算dǎsuàn · to plan打扮dǎban · to decorate打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)

Words with 折

折zhé · to break折磨zhémo · to torment折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn曲折qūzhé · winding挫折cuòzhé · setback周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns转折zhuǎnzhé · turning point

More words: Common Verbs

打扮dǎban · to decorate倒dǎo · to fall打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)打针dǎzhēn · to give or have an injection戴dài · to wear (glasses当dāng · to act as调查diàochá · investigation

FAQs

打折 (dǎzhé) means “to give a discount”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dǎzhé: dǎ with a 3rd 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. 打折 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dazhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打折 from the suggestions. Typing dazhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打折 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.