| 破折号 |
pò zhé hào |
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash) |
| 破 |
pò |
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of |
| 折 |
shé |
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) |
| 折 |
zhē |
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 |
zhé |
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 |
| 折 |
zhé |
variant of 折 / to fold |
| 号 |
háo |
(bound form) to wail; to howl |
| 号 |
hào |
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号, 年号, 辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items |