折腾 zhēteng HSK7 mess around Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 折腾 (折騰) zhēteng mess around verb to do something over and over again; to act restlessly or play crazy 计划已经定好了，就别再来回折腾了。 jìhuà yǐjīng dìnghǎo le, jiù bié zài láihuí zhēteng le. The plan is set; stop making unnecessary changes to it. squander verb to waste or use up resources such as time or money recklessly 没过几年，他就把家产折腾光了。 méi guò jǐ nián, tā jiù bǎ jiāchǎn zhēteng guāng le. In just a few years, he squandered his entire family fortune. torment verb to cause physical or mental suffering to someone; to harass 那场大病把他的身体折腾垮了。 nà cháng dà bìng bǎ tā de shēntǐ zhēteng kuǎ le. That major illness ruined his health. toss verb to toss and turn from side to side (e.g. due to sleeplessness) 他在床上翻来覆去地折腾，直到凌晨才睡着。 tā zài chuáng shàng fānláifùqù de zhēteng, zhí dào língchén cái shuìzháo. He tossed and turned in bed and didn't fall asleep until the early hours of the morning. Frequency Movie subtitles 6.59 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 15.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
折腾 (折騰) zhēteng mess around verb to do something over and over again; to act restlessly or play crazy 计划已经定好了，就别再来回折腾了。 jìhuà yǐjīng dìnghǎo le, jiù bié zài láihuí zhēteng le. The plan is set; stop making unnecessary changes to it. squander verb to waste or use up resources such as time or money recklessly 没过几年，他就把家产折腾光了。 méi guò jǐ nián, tā jiù bǎ jiāchǎn zhēteng guāng le. In just a few years, he squandered his entire family fortune. torment verb to cause physical or mental suffering to someone; to harass 那场大病把他的身体折腾垮了。 nà cháng dà bìng bǎ tā de shēntǐ zhēteng kuǎ le. That major illness ruined his health. toss verb to toss and turn from side to side (e.g. due to sleeplessness) 他在床上翻来覆去地折腾，直到凌晨才睡着。 tā zài chuáng shàng fānláifùqù de zhēteng, zhí dào língchén cái shuìzháo. He tossed and turned in bed and didn't fall asleep until the early hours of the morning. Frequency Movie subtitles 6.59 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 15.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
