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帖 (tiē) — (bound form) obedient; submissive; properly arranged

Definition

A bound suffix meaning 'well-arranged, appropriate' — used after 妥 (tuǒ) or 服 (fú) to mean 'properly arranged / obedient' (妥帖, 服帖). Never stands alone.

bound form
obedientsubmissiveproperly arranged

Examples

  • 。
    Tā duì lǎo bǎn hěn fú tiē.
    He is very obedient to his boss.
  • 。
    Zhè ge fāng àn fēi cháng tuǒ tiē.
    This plan is very appropriate.
  • ，。
    Jīng guò fǎn fù xiū gǎi, wén zhāng yòng cí biàn de tuǒ tiē le.
    After repeated revisions, the wording of the article became appropriate.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīna square item of cloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn帖tiě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 巾 shows a square item of cloth. The right part 占 gives the sound.

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