打折

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
simp. and trad. (打折)		打	折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² zit³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-chat
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎjhé
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-chê²
    • Yale: dǎ-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajer
    • Palladius: дачжэ (dačžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² zit³
    • Yale: dá jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-chat
    • Hakka Romanization System: da` zad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ zad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ t͡sat̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvafciad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/

Verb

打⫽折 (verb-object)

1. to give a discount; to give a concession

   打八折  ―  dǎ bā zhé  ―  80% of the original price; to give a 20% discount

   打對折／打对折  ―  dǎ duìzhé  ―  to give a 50% discount

2. (attributive) discounted; discount; concession

   打折票  ―  dǎzhé piào  ―  discounted ticket

   打折活動／打折活动  ―  dǎzhé huódòng  ―  discount sales event

Usage notes

In Chinese, discounts are given in terms of a percentage of the original price and not the percentage off. Also, the zero in the ones place is usually omitted, so 打三折 would be understood to be 30% of the original price (i.e., a 70% discount) and not 3% of the original price.

Synonyms

• 打折扣 (dǎ zhékòu)
• 拍折 (Min Nan)
• 讓利／让利 (rànglì)