贴福字

貼福字

tiēfúzì

phrase

Meanings

1 to paste up the character 福 (for Chinese New Year)
2 to put up Fu (fortune) characters

Characters

fortune, blessing

Examples

过年贴福字是传统。

Guònián tiē fúzì shì chuántǒng.

Pasting up the 福 character for New Year is tradition.

奶奶把福字倒着贴。

Nǎinai bǎ fúzì dàozhe tiē.

Grandma pastes the 福 character upside down.

Tips

culture

The character is often hung upside down because 倒 (inverted) sounds like 到 (arrive) — so 福倒了 becomes a pun for fortune has arrived (福到了).

Stroke Order

贴 tiē

福 fú

字 zì