屈折

qūzhé
  1. (linguistics) to inflect
  2. (physics) to refract
  3. to bend; to turn; to make a turn; to warp
  4. to inflect
  5. to refract

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 屈 Qū surname Qu
=1 屈 qū
  1. bent
  2. to feel wronged
=1 屈 jué
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 倔 (“stubborn; obstinate”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 崛 (jué, “exotic”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 崛 (jué, “to rise abruptly”)
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use up; to exhaust
  6. alternative form of 倔 (“stubborn; obstinate”)
  7. alternative form of 崛 (jué, “exotic”)
  8. alternative form of 崛 (jué, “to rise abruptly”)
  9. short
  10. to use up; to exhaust
=1 屈 què only used in 屈狄 (quèdí, “a kind of noblewomen's clothing in ancient China”)
=2 折 shé
  1. to snap
  2. to break (a stick, a bone etc)
  3. (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
=2 折 zhē
  1. to turn sth over
  2. to turn upside down
  3. to tip sth out (of a container)
=2 折 zhé
  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
  4. to suffer loss
  5. to bend
  6. to twist
  7. to turn
  8. to change direction
  9. convinced
  10. to convert into (currency)
  11. discount
  12. rebate
  13. tenth (in price)
  14. classifier for theatrical scenes
  15. to fold
  16. accounts book
=2 折 zhé
  1. variant of 折 zhé
  2. to fold
=2 折 tí only used in 折折

Containing this entry

屈折語 qūzhéyǔ
  1. to inflect (in grammar)
  2. to decline
  3. to conjugate