Chinese word dictionary

敷贴

fū tiē · to smear; to apply glue or ointment to a surface

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Word information

Simplified敷贴

Traditional敷貼

Pinyinfū tiē

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

敷fū

to apply, to paint, to spread

贴tiē

to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy

How to learn 敷贴

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]

敷fū

to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough

敷衍fūyǎn

to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by