HSK 5 · Verbs

体贴 tǐtiē “considerate (of other people’s needs)” in Chinese

Traditional 體貼

What 体贴 means

  1. considerate (of other people’s needs)

How to say 体贴

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale贴tiē1st tone, high and level

体贴 in a sentence

  1. 他对她很体贴。

    Tā duì tā hěn tǐtiē.

    He’s very considerate towards her.

    Sentence #1325230 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你真体贴。

    Nǐ zhēn tǐtiē.

    You are so considerate.

    Sentence #1064576 from Tatoeba

  3. 他是个很体贴的人。

    Tā shì ge hěn tǐtiē de rén.

    He is a very thoughtful person.

    Sentence #848554 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 体贴 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

The character 贴 (tiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
贴tiēto stick
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
  • 占to divine · zhānSound part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with tiē.

How to write 体贴

体 7 strokes · 贴 9 strokes

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体贴 (tǐtiē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 体贴 (tǐtiē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 体贴

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself具体jùtǐ · specific集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media整体zhěngtǐ · whole

Words with 贴

粘贴zhāntiē · to paste补贴bǔtiē · subsidy

More words: Common Verbs

缩短suōduǎn · to shorten逃táo · to escape逃避táobì · to escape提倡tíchàng · to promote体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself挑战tiǎozhàn · to challenge统一tǒngyī · to unify

FAQs

体贴 (tǐtiē) means “considerate (of other people’s needs)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tǐtiē: tǐ with a 3rd tone, then tiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 体贴 is written 體貼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type titie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 体贴 from the suggestions. Typing titie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
体贴 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.