题

topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

页 (semantic, “head”) + 是 (phonetic, shì)

components: 是页

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页 page + 是 be

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 是

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 是 (shì) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
是 sound component	shì	to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
提	tí	to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
匙	chí	spoon; surname
堤	dī	dike
醍	tí	essential oil of butter
踶	dì	paw
鞮	dī	leather shoes
鳀	tí	anchovy
缇	tí	orange-red silk; red, brown

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大题小作	dà tí xiǎo zuò	to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject; fig. to treat an im…
小题大作	xiǎo tí dà zuò	variant of 小題大做\|小题大做[xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4]
文不对题	wén bù duì tí	irrelevant; beside the point
性质命题	xìng zhì mìng tí	categorical proposition (logic)
三体问题	sān tǐ wèn tí	three-body problem (mechanics)
出难题	chū nán tí	to raise a tough question
题外话	tí wài huà	off-topic comment; digression
小标题	xiǎo biāo tí	subheading
直言命题	zhí yán mìng tí	categorical proposition (logic)
小题大做	xiǎo tí dà zuò	to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
不题	bù tí	we will not elaborate on that (used as pluralis auctoris)
安全问题	ān quán wèn tí	safety issue; security issue
无题	wú tí	untitled
主题曲	zhǔ tí qǔ	theme song
标题语	biāo tí yǔ	title word; entry (in dictionary)
破题儿	pò tí r	erhua form of 破題\|破题[po4 ti2] (chiefly used in the colloquial "first-time-ever" sense)
题花	tí huā	title design
出题	chū tí	to draw up the theme (for discussion)
主题	zhǔ tí	theme; subject
主题公园	zhǔ tí gōng yuán	theme park