碑帖

bēitiè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 rubbings of stone inscriptions and model calligraphy
  2. 2 calligraphy models for copying

Examples

HSK 3
Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen měitiān zhàozhe bēitiè liàn yí yè zì.
Our teacher has us copy a page of characters from a calligraphy model every day.
HSK 6
Tā shōucáng le hěnduō bēitiè.
He has collected many rubbings and calligraphy models.

Tips

usage
碑 is a carved stone stele, whose inscription is copied as an ink rubbing; 帖 (read tiè here, not the tiě of 帖子) is a model of a master's handwriting, often carved into stone or wood so it could be printed too. Calligraphy students learn by copying both.

Stroke Order

碑 bēi
帖 tiě