折腾
Old HSK 6
折腾 (zhēteng) · to toss and turn
折腾 (zhēteng) means “to toss and turn; to mess about; to torment”. It is written with 2 characters: 折 (to break) + 腾 (to fly). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 折腾 is built
The characters
折 zhé · to break
What 折 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 斤jīn — a catty (about 500 grams)
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 下xià — below
Origin hint: A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
腾 téng · to fly
What 腾 is made of
- 朕zhèn — the royal "we"
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 关guān — frontier pass
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 天tiān — sky
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 马mǎ — horse
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Example sentences
他一夜都在床上折腾，没睡着。Tā yīyè dōu zài chuáng shàng zhēteng, méi shuìzháo.He tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep.
搬了三次家，真折腾人。Bān le sān cì jiā, zhēn zhēteng rén.Moving house three times was really exhausting.
Questions about 折腾
What does 折腾 mean?
折腾 (zhēteng) means “to toss and turn; to mess about; to torment”.
How do you pronounce 折腾?
折腾 is pronounced zhēteng.
Which HSK level is 折腾?
折腾 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 打折dǎzhéto give a discount
- 挫折cuòzhésetback
- 曲折qūzhéwinding
- 折磨zhémóto torment
- 周折zhōuzhétwists and turns
- 转折zhuǎnzhéturning point
- 折zhéto break
- 沸腾fèiténgto boil
Learn 折腾 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 230: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.