帖 (tiē): fitting snugly, appropriate, suitable

帖 (tiē) is a Chinese character meaning “fitting snugly.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 巾 (structural) and 占 (structural). It ranks #2686 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 帖 writing on a cloth 巾. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. fitting snugly
  2. appropriate
  3. suitable

Etymology & Origin

帖

ideographicWriting on a cloth 巾

Decomposition: ⿰巾占 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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8

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
请帖nounqǐng tiěinvitation card
服服帖帖adjectivefú fu tiē tiēsubmissive
喜帖nounxǐ tiěwedding invitation
妥帖adjectivetuǒ tiēproperly
回帖huí tiěto reply to an invitation
服帖adjectivefú tiēdocile
谢帖xiè tiěletter of thanks
以斯帖记proper-nounyǐ sī tiě jìBook of Esther
以斯帖proper-nounyǐ sī tiěEsther (name)
帖木儿大汗tiē mù ér dà hánTimur or Tamerlane (1336-1405), Mongol emperor and conqueror
帖撒罗尼迦后书proper-nountiě sā luó ní jiā hòu shūSecond Epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
帖撒罗尼迦前书proper-nountiě sā luó ní jiā qián shūFirst epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
字帖儿zì tiě rpiece of paper with short note
简帖儿jiǎn tiě ra letter
大补帖dà bǔ tiětonic
33
Total compounds
21
As first character
64
As last character
15
As middle character

帖 appears in 33 compound words: 21 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 帖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

木mù
0.5496,358 co-occurrences
儿ér
0.5433,770 co-occurrences
睦mù
0.495416 co-occurrences
秃tū
0.495184 co-occurrences
删shān
0.481207 co-occurrences
唆suō
0.466136 co-occurrences
笔bǐ
0.466618 co-occurrences
廓kuò
0.417144 co-occurrences
忍rěn
0.408420 co-occurrences
撒sā
0.401348 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (2)

俯首帖耳fǔ shǒu tiē ěrHSK 7+

bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient; at sb's beck and call

phrase
以斯帖记YǐsītiējìHSK 7+

Esther (book of the Bible)

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个帖字在古汉语中有不同的含义。

zhè gě tiē zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .

The character "帖" had different meanings in Classical Chinese.

Am730Mar 2026

...以置信 期待收到中学同学Stanley喜帖

. . . yǐ zhì xìn qī dài shōu dào zhōng xué tóng xué S t a n l e y xǐ tiē

...I can't wait to receive the wedding invitation from my high school classmate Stanley

Orientaldaily MyMar 2026

MCMC删帖=打压言论自由? 张念群斥逻辑简单粗暴:...

M C M C shān tiē dǎ yā yán lùn zì yóu ? zhāng niàn qún chì luó jí jiǎn dān cū bào : . . .

Does MCMC's removal of posts amount to a crackdown on free speech? Zhang Nianqun condemns the simplistic and heavy-handed logic:...

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

蓝营智库说帖曝光!挺3500亿军购 盼下月三读

lán yíng zhì kù shuō tiē pù guāng ! tǐng 3 5 0 0 yì jūn gòu pàn xià yuè sān dòu

The blue camp think tank post was exposed! Support 350 billion military purchases and look forward to the third reading next month

Hk01.comFeb 2026

六旬翁FB发布130则煽动帖文 求情称是固执长者的宣泄 囚8月

liù xún wēng F B fā bù 1 3 0 zé shān dòng tiē wén qiú qíng chèn shì gù zhí cháng zhě de xuān xiè qiú 8 yuè

The sixty-year-old posted 130 inflammatory posts on FB, pleading for catharsis from stubborn elders, and was imprisoned for 8 months

百度新闻Feb 2026

广东一公司发帖“悬赏60万寻狗”,公司负责人称“赏..

guǎng dōng yī gōng sī fā tiē xuán shǎng 6 0 wàn xún gǒu , gōng sī fù zé rén chèn shǎng . .

A company in Guangdong posted a "reward of 600,000 dogs", and the person in charge of the company said that "reward:

Tatoeba

我收到了一张请帖。

Wǒ shōudào le yī zhāng qǐngtiě.

I received an invitation.

Tatoeba

我刚在我的博客上发表了一个新帖子。

Wǒ gāng zài wǒ de bókè shàng fābiǎo le yī gè xīn tiězi.

I've just published a new post on my blog.

Tatoeba

发给好朋友的请帖上有新郎新娘合影的照片。

Fāgěi hǎopéngyou de qǐngtiě shàng yǒu xīnláng xīnniáng héyǐng de zhàopiàn.

There's a photo of the bride and groom together on the invitation sent to friends.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced tiē

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 帖 (tiē) mean in Chinese?
帖 (tiē) primarily means "fitting snugly." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2686 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 帖 have?
帖 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 帖?
The radical associated with 帖 is 巾 (cloth). This radical appears in many characters related to cloth.
What are the components of 帖?
帖 is composed of: 巾 (structural), 占 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰巾占 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 帖?
Common words with 帖 include: 请帖 (qǐng tiě, "invitation card"); 服服帖帖 (fú fu tiē tiē, "submissive"); 喜帖 (xǐ tiě, "wedding invitation"); 妥帖 (tuǒ tiē, "properly"); 回帖 (huí tiě, "to reply to an invitation"). There are over 33 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 帖 (tiē)?
Several characters share the pronunciation tiē: 铁 (iron), 贴 (paste, subsidy). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 帖 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 帖 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.