Chinese word dictionary

妥贴

tuǒ tiē · properly; satisfactorily; firmly

Practice word

Word information

Simplified妥贴

Traditional妥貼

Pinyintuǒ tiē

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

妥tuǒ

secure, sound; satisfactory, appropriate

贴tiē

to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy

How to learn 妥贴

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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贴tiē

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

补贴bǔtiē

to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit

贴近tiējìn

to press close to; to snuggle close; intimate

粘贴zhāntiē

to stick; to affix; to adhere; to paste (as in "copy and paste"); Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1]; also written 黏貼|黏贴[nian2 tie1]

体贴tǐtiē

considerate (of other people's needs)

贴切tiēqiè

close-fitting; closest (translation)