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张贴 (zhāng tiē) — to post (a notice or advertisement), to put up

Definition

张贴 means to physically put up a notice, poster, or sign on a wall or board. Pair it with concrete posting objects (通知, 标语); use 公告 for the announcement itself and 宣扬 for spreading an idea more broadly.

verb
to post (a notice or advertisement)to put up

Examples

  • 张贴。
    Qǐng zài gōng gào lán shàng zhāng tiē tōng zhī.
    Please post the notice on the bulletin board.
  • 张贴。
    Xué xiào mén kǒu zhāng tiē le fàng jià tōng zhī.
    The school posted a holiday notice at the gate.
  • 张贴。
    Qiáng shàng zhāng tiē zhe jìn zhǐ xī yān de biāo yǔ.
    A sign reading "No Smoking" is posted on the wall.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

张zhāngspread out
贴tiēpaste

张贴 combines 张 (spreading) and 贴 (pasting), giving the sense of posting a notice.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 張; 张 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
弓弓gōngbow
Sound part声符shēngfú
長
長cháng張zhāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 張 combines 弓, a bow, with 長, which points to the sound; the simplified 张 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 张 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 貼; 贴 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn貼tiē
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貼 pairs 貝, a shell, with 占 as a sound part; the simplified 贴 is a later shorthand.

Open 贴 →
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