Chinese symbol for “folding”
折叠式
zhé dié shì
Traditional: 折疊式
folding (i.e. portable)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for folding is 折叠式 (zhé dié shì), defined as: folding (i.e. portable).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “folding”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折叠 (折疊) | zhé dié | to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) |
| 褶曲 | zhě qū | creasing; folding |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 折叠式.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse |
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | winding; (fig.) complicated |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 转折 (轉折) | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; turnaround |
| 重叠 (重疊) | chóng dié | to overlap; to superimpose |
| 折叠 (折疊) | zhé dié | to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “folding”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.