Chinese symbol for “glorify”
贴金
tiē jīn
Traditional: 貼金
to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild; (fig.) to prettify; to glorify
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glorify is 贴金 (tiē jīn), defined as: to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild; (fig.) to prettify; to glorify.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “glorify”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 树碑立传 (樹碑立傳) | shù bēi lì zhuàn | lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom); to monumentalize |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贴金.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 补贴 (補貼) | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 津贴 (津貼) | jīn tiē | allowance |
| 贴近 (貼近) | tiē jìn | to press close to; to snuggle close |
| 张贴 (張貼) | zhāng tiē | to post (a notice); to advertise |
| 体贴 (體貼) | tǐ tiē | considerate (of other people's needs) |
| 贴心 (貼心) | tiē xīn | intimate; close |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 金融 | jīn róng | banking; finance |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.