HSK 5 · Verbs

粘贴 zhāntiē “to paste” in Chinese

Traditional 粘貼

What 粘贴 means

  1. to paste
  2. to stick
  3. to affix
  4. to adhere
  5. to paste (as in “copy and paste”)

How to say 粘贴

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale粘zhān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale贴tiē1st tone, high and level

粘贴 in a sentence

  1. 复制/粘贴是很有用的。

    Fùzhì/zhāntiē shì hěn yǒuyòng de.

    Copy and paste is very useful.

    Sentence #619799 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 粘贴 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 粘 (zhān) with each of its parts in a different colour
粘zhānto glue; to paste
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 占to divine · zhānSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhān.

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 粘贴

粘 11 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.

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

Words related to 粘贴

Words with 贴

体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)补贴bǔtiē · subsidy

More words: Common Verbs

运用yùnyòng · to use造成zàochéng · to bring about摘zhāi · to pick (fruit占zhàn · to occupy展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold掌握zhǎngwò · to master招待zhāodài · to hold a reception着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire

FAQs

粘贴 (zhāntiē) means “to paste” or “to stick”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhāntiē: zhān with a 1st 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, 粘贴 is written 粘貼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhantie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 粘贴 from the suggestions. Typing zhantie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
粘贴 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.