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題: topic; theme

By August 1, 2016January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

題 tí

noun | measure word
: topic; subject; theme
: problem for discussion; exam question
: to inscribe; to mention

Kun Reading
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題 | だい dai

noun
: title; subject; theme; topic
: problem (on a test); question
: counter for questions (on a test)

 Usage:

題目 ti2mu4: subject; title; topic
[題目 | だいもく daimoku: title of a book; heading
: topic; subject; theme
: Nichiren chant]
題意 ti2yi4: meaning of a title; implication; theme
[題意 | だいい daii: meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question]
題材 ti2cai2: subject matter
[題材 | だいざい daizai: subject; theme]
題詞 [题词] ti2ci2: inscription; dedication
題名 ti2ming2: autograph; to sign one’s name
[題名 | だいめい daimei: title]
題字 ti2zi4: inscription; autograph
[題字 | だいじ daiji: letters in a title]
問題 [问题] wen4ti2: question; problem; issue; topic
[問題 | もんだい mondai: problem; question]

沒問題 [没问题] mei2 wen4ti2: no problem

難題 [难题] nan2ti2: difficult problem
[難題 | なんだい nandai: difficult problem; challenge]
主題 zhu3ti2: theme; subject
[主題 | しゅだい shudai: subject; theme; motif]
話題 [话题] hua4ti2: subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
[話題 | わだい wadai: topic; subject]
標題新聞 [标题新闻] biao1 ti2 xin1 wen2: headline news; title story



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
題名無し | だいめいなし daimeinashi
: untitled

題を付ける | だいをつける dai o tsukeru
: to entitle

言いたい放題 | いいたいほうだい iitai houdai
: saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

外題学問 | げだいがくもん gedai gakumon
: (yoji) putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name

死活問題 | しかつもんだい shikatsu mondai
: (yoji) matter of life or death; life-and-death problem

気儘放題 | きままほうだい kimama houdai
: (yoji) as selfishly (willfully) as one pleases

無理難題 | むりなんだい muri nandai
: (yoji) unreasonable demand

話題沸騰 | わだいふっとう wadai futtou
: (yoji) being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

問題を扱う | もんだいをあつかう mondai o atsukau
: to deal with (handle) a matter

問題にならない | もんだいにならない mondai ni naranai
: unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question

問題を取り上げる | もんだいをとりあげる mondai o tori ageru
: to take up a problem

話題になる | わだいになる wadai ni naru
: to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical



Chinese expression | idiom
大題小作 [大题小作] da4 ti2 xiao3 zuo4
: to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject; fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter

世界性古老問題 [世界性古老问题] shi4 jie4 xing4 gu3 lao3 wen4 ti2
: a problem as old as the world itself

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
頁 (ye4: leaf radical 181) suggests the meaning while
是 (shi4: indeed) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
题. Derived from generic character simplification rule #120 (頁 » 页).



 Examples:

話題は多様多種だった。
わだいはたようたしゅだった wadai wa tayou tashu datta
We talked about a variety of topics.
 

問題はありません
もんだいはありません mondai wa arimasen
There is no problem.

 
我沒問題。你呢?
wo3 mei2 wen4ti2. ni3 ne
I’ve got no problems. What about you?

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary