临帖

臨帖

líntiè

verb

Meanings

1 to practice calligraphy by copying a model
2 to copy from a calligraphy model book

Characters

to face / to copy from

calligraphy model book

Examples

HSK 5

想写好毛笔字，就得多临帖。

Xiǎng xiě hǎo máobǐzì, jiù děi duō líntiè.

If you want to write good brush calligraphy, you need to do plenty of model-copying practice.

HSK 6

他每天清晨都要临帖一小时。

Tā měitiān qīngchén dōu yào líntiè yì xiǎoshí.

He practices copying calligraphy for an hour every morning.

Tips

culture

临帖 is the standard apprenticeship method in Chinese calligraphy. Students copy classic 字帖 (zìtiè, model books) such as 王羲之's 兰亭序 or 颜真卿's works to absorb structure and stroke style.

usage

Note 帖 here is read tiè (4th tone), referring to a model copy book. The same character is read tiē (1st tone) in 服帖 (obedient) and tiě (3rd tone) in 请帖 (invitation card).

Stroke Order

临 lín

帖 tiě