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折叠

zhé dié

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 折疊

折叠 (zhé dié) means "to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 折叠 means

1. to fold
2. collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

The characters in 折叠

• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 叠diéto pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold

Example sentences

• 请勿折叠！
  Qǐng wù zhédié!
  Do not fold!
• 她把毛巾折叠好再放入柜子里。
  Tā bǎ máojīn zhédié hǎo zài fàng rù guìzi lǐ.
  She folded up the towels and put them away in the cupboard.
• 这把菜刀不够锋利，所以我用了我的折叠刀来切肉。
  Zhè bǎ càidāo bù gòu fēnglì, suǒyǐ wǒ yòng le wǒ de zhédiédāo lái qiē ròu.
  The kitchen knife wasn't sharp enough to cut the meat, so I used my pocket knife.

Words starting with 折叠

• 折叠刀zhé dié dāofolding knife
• 折叠屏zhé dié píngfoldable screen (for a smartphone etc)
• 折叠式zhé dié shìfolding (i.e. portable)
• 折叠椅zhé dié yǐfolding chair; deck chair

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