打折

dǎzhé
verb HSK 4 #10,282

Meanings

  1. 1 to give a discount
  2. 2 to sell at a discount

Characters

打折 literally means to apply a discount. In Chinese, discounts count what you PAY, not what you save.

Examples

Zhè jiàn yīfu dǎ bā zhé.
This piece of clothing is 20% off (pay 80%).
Jīntiān quánchǎng dǎ zhé.
Everything is on sale today.
Néng bù néng dǎ zhé?
Can you give a discount?

Tips

culture
Chinese discounts work opposite to Western ones: (bā zhé) = pay 80% = 20% off. (wǔ zhé) = pay 50% = half price. Lower number = bigger discount!
usage
(dǎ duìzhé) means half price. 打折 means no discount.

Stroke Order

zhé