回帖 (huítiě): to reply to a forum post

Meanings

1 to reply to a forum post
2 to post a comment under a thread

Characters

回

Examples

他每天都回帖讨论。

Tā měitiān dōu huítiě tǎolùn.

He replies in threads every day.

请认真回帖,不要灌水。

Qǐng rènzhēn huítiě, bùyào guànshuǐ.

Please reply seriously, don't spam filler.

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usage

Per CC-CEDICT: '(Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic.' Originally meant 'to reply to a written invitation' — a 回帖 was the formal acceptance card returned to a host. Forum culture repurposed it for thread replies. Compare 跟帖 ('to follow up with a comment'), which is near-synonymous in BBS contexts.