贴
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to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
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Dict coverage rank #1,158 U+8D34
How 贴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
贝 (semantic, “money”) + 占 (phonetic, zhàn)
How to remember it
paste · Heisig RSH #53
oyster + 占 tell fortunes
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 占
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 占 (zhàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占 sound component | zhàn | to divine; to observe; to versify |
| 点 | diǎn | dot, point, speck |
| 战 | zhàn | war, fighting, battle |
| 站 | zhàn | stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations |
| 店 | diàn | shop, store; inn, hotel |
| 钻 | zuàn | diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce |
| 黏 | nián | to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue |
| 沾 | zhān | to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch |
| 粘 | zhān | viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous |
| 毡 | zhān | felt; rug, carpet |
| 砧 | zhēn | anvil, flat stone |
| 玷 | diàn | character flaw; a flaw in a gem |
| 坫 | diàn | a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking |
| 苫 | shān | rush or straw matting |
| 飐 | zhǎn | to sway in the wind |
| 扂 | diàn | door latch |
| 鲇 | nián | sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus |
Words containing 贴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大头贴 | dà tóu tiē | photo booth sticker |
| 贴合面 | tiē hé miàn | faying surface |
| 脸上贴金 | liǎn shàng tiē jīn | (lit.) to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom); (fig.) to talk up; to extol the… |
| 体贴入微 | tǐ tiē rù wēi | to show every possible consideration (idiom); meticulous care |
| 前胸贴后背 | qián xiōng tiē hòu bèi | (lit.) chest sticking to back; (fig.) famished; (of several persons) packed chest to back |
| 贴片式 | tiē piàn shì | (electronics) surface mount |
| 贴水 | tiē shuǐ | agio (charge for changing currency); premium |
| 贴心 | tiē xīn | intimate; close; considerate |
| 贴生 | tiē shēng | male supporting actor in a Chinese opera |
| 贴身卫队 | tiē shēn wèi duì | personal bodyguard |
| 贴金 | tiē jīn | to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild; (fig.) to prettify; to glorify |
| 贴花 | tiē huā | appliqué; decalcomania |
| 体贴 | tǐ tiē | considerate (of other people's needs) |
| 发贴 | fā tiē | to stick sth up (on the wall); to post (on a noticeboard or website) |
| 贴文 | tiē wén | (social media) to post; a post |
| 利贴 | Lì tiē | Post-It note (3M trademark) |
| 车贴 | chē tiē | car allowance |
| 贴合 | tiē hé | to adjust closely; to fit |
| 便利贴 | biàn lì tiē | sticky note |
| 方便贴 | fāng biàn tiē | Post-it note; sticky note |