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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-chat
  - Hakka Romanization System: da^ˋ zad^ˋ
  - 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)

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
(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

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