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貼
简 贴 · 繁 貼Mandarin · pinyin tiē
Meanings
- 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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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tip3
Cantonese word readings for 貼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to paste to; to stick on
- to be attached to
- Classifier for plasters.
- close (at little distance)
- to make up for a deficit; to compensate; to recompense; to supplement; to subsidize
- submissive; obedient
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) to predict; to guess; to bet on the outcome
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