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
Easily confused
- 帧zhènglook-alike(classifier) for paintings, photographs, film frames, and similar discrete visual units
- 粘zhānlook-aliketo stick, to glue, to adhere
- 钻zuānlook-aliketo drill, to bore (a hole)
- 贴tiēlook-aliketo stick, to paste, to post (e.g. online)
- 拈niānlook-aliketo pick up with a pinch of the thumb and one/two fingers
- 帕pàlook-alike(bound form) handkerchief; kerchief; headscarf (in 手帕, 头帕, etc.)
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xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The left part 巾 shows a square item of cloth. The right part 占 gives the sound.
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