HSK 6 · Money

补贴 bǔtiē “subsidy” in Chinese

Traditional 補貼

What 补贴 means

  1. subsidy
  2. allowance
  3. to subsidise
  4. to supplement (one’s salary etc)
  5. benefit

How to say 补贴

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale补bǔ3rd 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

补贴 in a sentence

  1. 公司每个月给员工交通补贴。

    Gōngsī měi ge yuè gěi yuángōng jiāotōng bǔtiē.

    The company gives staff a transport allowance every month.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 政府对买新能源车的人有补贴。

    Zhèngfǔ duì mǎi xīnnéngyuán chē de rén yǒu bǔtiē.

    The government offers subsidies to people who buy new-energy cars.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 补贴 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 补 (bǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
补bǔto repair
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 卜divination · bǔSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 卜 (bǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǔ.

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 补贴

补 7 strokes · 贴 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 补贴

Words with 补

补充bǔchōng · to replenish补救bǔjiù · to remedy弥补míbǔ · to make up for补偿bǔcháng · to compensate

Words with 贴

体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)粘贴zhāntiē · to paste

More words: Money & Economy

昂贵ángguì · expensive本钱běnqián · capital博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition补偿bǔcháng · to compensate财富cáifù · wealth采购cǎigòu · to purchase (for an organisation)彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket财务cáiwù · financial affairs

FAQs

补贴 (bǔtiē) means “subsidy” or “allowance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǔtiē: bǔ 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, 补贴 is written 補貼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type butie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 补贴 from the suggestions. Typing butie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
补贴 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.