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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
campstool / folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on)
folding knife
to fold / collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牢* | 牢* | *牢
firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison
HSK 6
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
crease / fold
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *疊* | 疊* | *疊
to pile up / (bound form) repeated / to fold / classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects) / classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition
HSK 7-9
to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)
folding fan
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 / also called 四諦|四谛
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
to fold (poker)
folding chair
folding (i.e. portable)
split due to repeated folding / flex crack
folding chair / deck chair
to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton
fold; crease; wrinkle
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
(anatomy) the palmate folds of the cervical canal; plicae palmatae
calzone (Italian pocket), folded pizza
horizontal fold or tuck
clasp knife / folding knife
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
folding ruler
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
to fold paper / origami
creasing / folding
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓰* | 蓰* | *蓰
(grass) / increase five fold
fold mountain range (geology)
folding notebook / accounts book
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襉* | 襉* | *襉
(dialect) fold or pleat (in clothing)
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襞* | 襞* | *襞
creases / folds or pleats in a garment
vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
Scottish Fold
fold mountain system (geology)
gluteal fold
to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
crease / fold / ripple / lap
a clasp knife / a folding knife
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
document folded in accordion form / to fold
fold; crease; wrinkle / (geology) fold
creased / wrinkled / fold / crease
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
variant of / to fold
HSK 4
pleat / fold / crease / wrinkle


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