波折

Chinese

		wave; (Cantonese) ball	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
simp. and trad. (波折)		波	折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pho-chiat / po-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bojhé
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-chê²
    • Yale: bwō-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bojer
    • Palladius: бочжэ (bočžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ zit³
    • Yale: bō jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: pho-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoiciad
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: po-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poiciad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/

Noun

波折

1. twists and turns; ups and downs; obstacles; setbacks
2. (calligraphy) wave-slant stroke

Synonyms

• (twists and turns): 挫折 (cuòzhé), (Hokkien) 撞突
• (wave-slant stroke): 波磔 (bōzhé)

Derived terms

• 歷經波折 / 历经波折