贴
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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
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 貝 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 貼
- Common rank
- #1,158
- Unicode
- U+8D34
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 贴
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大头贴 | photo booth sticker | |
| 贴合面 | faying surface | |
| 脸上贴金 | (lit.) to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom); (fig.) to talk up; to extol the… | |
| 体贴入微 | to show every possible consideration (idiom); meticulous care | |
| 前胸贴后背 | (lit.) chest sticking to back; (fig.) famished; (of several persons) packed chest to back | |
| 贴片式 | (electronics) surface mount | |
| 贴水 | agio (charge for changing currency); premium | |
| 贴心 | intimate; close; considerate | |
| 贴生 | male supporting actor in a Chinese opera | |
| 贴身卫队 | personal bodyguard | |
| 贴金 | to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild; (fig.) to prettify; to glorify | |
| 贴花 | appliqué; decalcomania | |
| 体贴 | considerate (of other people's needs) | |
| 发贴 | to stick sth up (on the wall); to post (on a noticeboard or website) | |
| 贴文 | (social media) to post; a post | |
| 利贴 | Post-It note (3M trademark) | |
| 车贴 | car allowance | |
| 贴合 | to adjust closely; to fit | |
| 便利贴 | sticky note | |
| 方便贴 | Post-it note; sticky note |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 占 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占 sound part | to divine; to observe; to versify | |
| 点 | dot, point, speck | |
| 战 | war, fighting, battle | |
| 站 | stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations | |
| 店 | shop, store; inn, hotel | |
| 钻 | diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce | |
| 黏 | to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue | |
| 沾 | to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch | |
| 粘 | viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous | |
| 毡 | felt; rug, carpet | |
| 砧 | anvil, flat stone | |
| 玷 | character flaw; a flaw in a gem | |
| 坫 | a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking | |
| 苫 | rush or straw matting | |
| 飐 | to sway in the wind | |
| 扂 | door latch | |
| 鲇 | sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus |