帖

Mandarin · pinyin tiē#

Meanings · tiē

  1. fitting snugly
  2. appropriate
  3. suitable
  4. variant of 貼 tiē
  5. to paste
  6. to obey
Mandarin · pinyin tiě#

Meanings · tiě

  1. invitation card
  2. notice
Mandarin · pinyin tiè#

Meanings · tiè

  1. rubbing from incised inscription
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帖
tiē · invitation card; notice
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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character

  1. to be submissive; to be obedient; to be docile
  2. stable; settled; appropriate
  3. Same as 貼/贴 (tiē, “to paste”).
  4. a surname

character

  1. note; invitation; card; identity card
  2. Classifier for doses of herbal medicine.
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) official document; proclamation

character

  1. copybook; model; rubbing (for practicing calligraphy or painting)

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帖 · tie1 · tie3 · tie4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 37,326, 37,327, 37,328
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Exact source records帖 帖 [tie1] /fitting snugly/appropriate/suitable/variant of 貼|贴[tie1]/to paste/to obey/帖 帖 [tie3] /invitation card/notice/帖 帖 [tie4] /rubbing from incised inscription/