挫折

挫折

Chinese

		be obstructed; fail; oppress be obstructed; fail; oppress; repress; lower the tone; bend back; dampen	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
simp. and trad. (挫折)		挫	折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuòzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co³ zit³
• Min Nan (POJ): chhò-chiat / chhò͘-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cuòzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuohjer
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co³ zit³
    • Yale: cho jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso³ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: co³ jid³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³ t͡siːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshò-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoirciad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshòo-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhorciad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/

Verb

挫折

1. to encounter difficulties; to frustrate; to set back
2. to discourage

Noun

挫折

1. setback; obstacle; frustration

Synonyms

• 波折 (bōzhé)
• (Min Nan) 撞突

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
挫	折
ざ Grade: S	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

挫折 (hiragana ざせつ, rōmaji zasetsu)

1. setback
2. frustration

Verb

挫折する (hiragana ざせつする, rōmaji zasetsu suru)

1. fall through
   • 1943, 海野十三, 宇宙尖兵:

     折角 (せっかく)の計画 (けいかく)が挫折 (ざせつ)することは人類 (じんるい)にとって一大損失 (いちだいそんしつ)だ。

     Sekkaku no keikaku ga zasetsu suru koto wa jinrui ni totte ichidai sonshitsu da.

     The failure of this much-awaited plan represents an enormous loss to humankind.

2. be frustrated

Conjugation

Conjugation of "挫折する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	挫折し	ざせつし	zasetsu shi
Continuative (連用形)	挫折し	ざせつし	zasetsu shi
Terminal (終止形)	挫折する	ざせつする	zasetsu suru
Attributive (連体形)	挫折する	ざせつする	zasetsu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	挫折すれ	ざせつすれ	zasetsu sure
Imperative (命令形)	挫折せよ¹ 挫折しろ²	ざせつせよ¹ ざせつしろ²	zasetsu seyo¹ zasetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	挫折される	ざせつされる	zasetsu sareru
Causative	挫折させる 挫折さす	ざせつさせる ざせつさす	zasetsu saseru zasetsu sasu
Potential	挫折できる	ざせつできる	zasetsu dekiru
Volitional	挫折しよう	ざせつしよう	zasetsu shiyō
Negative	挫折しない	ざせつしない	zasetsu shinai
Negative continuative	挫折せず	ざせつせず	zasetsu sezu
Formal	挫折します	ざせつします	zasetsu shimasu
Perfective	挫折した	ざせつした	zasetsu shita
Conjunctive	挫折して	ざせつして	zasetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	挫折すれば	ざせつすれば	zasetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative