服服帖帖

fúfútiētiē
adjective #35,573

Meanings

  1. 1 completely submissive
  2. 2 docile and obedient
  3. 3 thoroughly compliant

Examples

HSK 4
Tā bèi lǎopo guǎn de fúfútiētiē.
His wife has him completely under her thumb.
HSK 7-9
Zhè wèi xùnshòushī bǎ lǎohǔ tiáojiào de fúfútiētiē.
This animal trainer has the tigers thoroughly trained and obedient.

Tips

memory
服服帖帖 is the AABB-reduplicated form of 服帖 ('to submit, to obey'). The doubling intensifies it - not just obedient, but thoroughly so. The reading with neutral tones on the second syllables (fú fu tiē tiē) is also commonly given, alongside the four-tone reading fúfútiētiē.

Stroke Order

tiě