题

tí

topic

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

sound (是) + page (页) = topic or exam question

页 means page or head, grounding the character in something written or presented. 是 mainly gives the sound tí; the page radical carries the sense of a topic laid out for attention.

是+页→题
是To bePhonetic
页PageSemantic

这道题太难了,我不会做。

zhè dào tí tài nán le, wǒ bù huì zuò。

This problem is too hard; I don't know how to do it.

老师出的考试题让很多学生都答错了。

lǎo shī chū de kǎo shì tí ràng hěn duō xué shēng dōu dá cuò le。

The exam questions the teacher set caused many students to answer incorrectly.

Words with 题

题诗

tí shī

to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy

选择题

xuǎn zé tí

multiple-choice question

题名

tí míng

autograph

试题

shì tí

exam question

母题

mǔ tí

motif (loanword)

金榜题名

jīn bǎng tí míng

to win top marks in the imperial examinations

题献

tí xiàn

to dedicate (a book, film etc to sb)

题目

tí mù

subject; title; topic (CL:個|个[ge4])

题签

tí qiān

to write the title of a book on a label

题花

tí huā

title design

题解

tí jiě

notes

题词

tí cí

inscription

More characters with 是

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