服帖

fútiē
adjective #52,396

Meanings

  1. 1 lying flat and smooth (of hair or makeup)
  2. 2 fitting snugly
  3. 3 docile; obedient

Examples

HSK 2
Háizimen duì zhè wèi lǎoshī dōu hěn fútiē.
The children all do as this teacher says.
HSK 7-9
Tā de tóufa shū de hěn fútiē.
Her hair is combed smooth and flat.

Tips

usage
In beauty talk 服帖 praises hair, makeup or clothes that sit flat and smooth: 底妆很服帖 'the foundation sits perfectly'. Doubled as 服服帖帖 it means 'meekly obedient'.
mistakes
帖 is read tiē here, the reading for 'fitting, submissive'. The common tiě is 'invitation' or 'post', as in 帖子 'forum post'.

Stroke Order

服 fú
帖 tiě