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打折

dǎ zhé

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

打折 (dǎ zhé) means "to give a discount". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 打折 means

1. to give a discount

The characters in 打折

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap

Example sentences

• 能不能给我打折？
  Néng bù néng gěi wǒ dǎzhé?
  Could you give me a discount?
• 价钱可以打折吗？
  Jiàqian kěyǐ dǎzhé ma?
  Can the price be discounted?
• 毛皮大衣在打折。
  Fur coats are on sale.
• 你能不能给我打折？
  Nǐ néng bù néng gěi wǒ dǎzhé?
  Can you give me a discount?
• 我父母说，YouTube 和串流平台让电影的魔力大打折扣。
  My parents say that YouTube and streaming services cheapen the magic of film.

Words starting with 打折

• 打折扣dǎ zhé kòuto give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated

Where 打折 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Business & finance (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǎ zhé correctly.
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