贴水

貼水

tiēshuǐ

noun

Meanings

1 agio (charge for changing currency)
2 premium (over face value)
3 (literary) close to the water

Characters

to stick close to; subsidy

Examples

兑换外币时银行收取一定的贴水。

Duìhuàn wàibì shí yínháng shōuqǔ yīdìng de tiēshuǐ.

Banks charge an agio when exchanging foreign currency.

白鹭贴水而飞。

Báilù tiēshuǐ ér fēi.

The egrets flew skimming just above the water.

Tips

usage

Two unrelated meanings: in finance, 贴水 ('attach water' = surcharge) is the agio paid in currency exchange or the futures-spot price spread; in literary description, 贴水 means 'hugging the water surface', as in the egret example.

Stroke Order

贴 tiē

水 shuǐ