HSK 6 HSK V7-9
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折腾

/ zhēteng /
Strokes

Definition

to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)/to repeat sth over and over again/to torment sb/to play crazy/to squander (time, money)

Example

As a Verb

turn from side to side; toss about; toss and turn

1
Còuhe
凑合
zhāo
shuì
huìr  
一会儿
  
,
biè
láihuí
来回
zhēteng
折腾
le
  

You'd better stop tossing about and try to get some sleep.

As a Verb

do sth over and over again

2
shōuyīn
收音机
zhuāng
le
yòu
chāi
  
,
chāi
le
yòu
zhuāng
  
,
zhēteng
折腾
le
shí
几十
huí
  

For dozens of times he took the radio apart and then fitted the parts together again.

As a Verb

torment

3
shǎo
不少
rén
shòu
mànxìngbìng
慢性病
zhēteng
折腾
  

Many people are tormented by chronic diseases.

Related

瞎折腾