打折扣

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	discount; concession
simp. and trad. (打折扣)		打	折扣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ zhékòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄜˊ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² zit³ kau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-chiat-khàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ zhékòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄜˊ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jhékòu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ chê²-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: dǎ jé-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jerkow
    • Palladius: да чжэкоу (da čžɛkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² zit³ kau³
    • Yale: dá jit kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dzit⁸ kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² jid³ keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ t͡siːt̚³ kʰɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chiat-khàu
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-tsiat-khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvafciatqaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau²¹/

Verb

打⫽折扣 (verb-object)

1. to give a discount (on a price)
2. (figuratively, of efforts) to fall short

Synonyms

• (to discount):

• 打折 (dǎzhé)
• 拍折 (Min Nan)
• 讓利／让利 (rànglì)