話題

See also: 话题

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (話題)		話	題
simp. (话题)		话	题

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàtí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ tai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa-thì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-tê / ōe-tôe / ōa-tê / ōa-tôe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uê⁷ doi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàtí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàtí
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-tʻi²
    • Yale: hwà-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahtyi
    • Palladius: хуати (xuati)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ tai⁴
    • Yale: wah tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² tʰɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa-thì
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa tiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa⁴ ti²
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁵⁵ tʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-tê
    • Tâi-lô: uē-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexdee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ te²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-tôe
    • Tâi-lô: uē-tuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexdoee
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² tue²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ tue²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ tue²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōa-tê
    • Tâi-lô: uā-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxdee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua²²⁻²¹ te¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōa-tôe
    • Tâi-lô: uā-tuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxdoee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua²²⁻²¹ tue²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uê⁷ doi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uē tôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue¹¹ toi⁵⁵/

Noun

話題

1. topic; subject; theme; conversation

   熱門話題／热门话题  ―  rèmén huàtí  ―  hot topic

   轉換話題／转换话题  ―  zhuǎnhuàn huàtí  ―  to switch the conversation to another topic

   話題終結者／话题终结者  ―  huàtí zhōngjié zhě  ―  topic terminator; conversation killer

Synonyms

• 中心思想 (zhōngxīn sīxiǎng)
• 主題／主题 (zhǔtí)
• 問題／问题 (wèntí)
• 基調／基调 (jīdiào) (figurative)
• 意旨 (yìzhǐ)
• 課題／课题 (kètí)
• 議題／议题 (yìtí)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (話題):

• → Japanese: 話(わ)題(だい) (wadai)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
話	題
わ Grade: 2	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わだい [wàdáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠da̠i]

Noun

話(わ)題(だい) • (wadai) 

1. topic
2. subject of conversation