Definition
帖 (tiē) is a bound form (b.f.) meaning 'obedient, submissive, or properly arranged.' It is not used alone; it appears in compounds such as 服帖 (fútiē, 'docile, compliant') and 妥帖 (tuǒtiē, 'appropriate, proper'). Be careful not to confuse it with the homographs 帖 (tiě, 'invitation card') and 帖 (tiè, 'calligraphy copybook'), which have different tones and meanings.
b.f.
(bound form) obedientsubmissiveproperly arranged
Examples
- 。Tā duì lǎobǎn hěn fú tiē.He is very obedient to his boss.
- 。Zhège fāng'àn fēicháng tuǒ tiē.This plan is very appropriate.
- ，。Jīngguò fǎnfù xiūgǎi, wénzhāng yòngcí biàn de tuǒ tiē le.After repeated revisions, the wording of the article became appropriate.
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