回帖 (huí tiē) — reply post (on a forum); response to an online… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A forum-specific noun meaning 'reply post' to someone else's thread. Distinguish from 帖子 itself (the original post) and from 回复 (reply across any platform).

noun

reply post (on a forum)response to an online thread

Examples

回帖，。
Tā zài lùn tán shàng fā le yí gè huí tiē, yǐn qǐ le hěn duō tǎo lùn.
He posted a reply on the forum, sparking a lot of discussion.
回帖。
Zhè ge tiě zi de huí tiē yǐ jīng chāo guò le yì bǎi tiáo.
This post already has over a hundred replies.
回帖。
Guǎn lǐ yuán shān chú le suǒ yǒu bù hé shì de huí tiē.
The moderator deleted all inappropriate replies.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

帖tiēreceipt

回 marks something sent back, and 帖 names a receipt, so the term points to the receipt returned to the sender.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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

巾占帖

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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