題詞

Chinese

		topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (題詞)		題	詞
simp. (题词)		题	词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tící

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ ci⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tôe-sîr / tôe-sû / tê-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tící
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tícíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: tí-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyitsyr
    • Palladius: тицы (ticy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: tàih chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-sîr
    • Tâi-lô: tuê-sîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tue²⁴⁻²² sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-sû
    • Tâi-lô: tuê-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doesuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tue²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-sû
    • Tâi-lô: tê-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: desuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te¹³⁻²² su¹³/

Verb

題詞

1. to write a few words of encouragement, appreciation, or commemoration

Noun

題詞

1. inscription; dedication
2. foreword

Japanese

Kanji in this term
題	詞
だい Grade: 3	し Grade: 6
goon	kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 題詞 (MC dej zi, “foreword”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいし [dàíshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iɕi]

Noun

題(だい)詞(し) • (daishi) 

1. a foreword, an introduction

   Synonym: 題辞 (daiji)

2. (waka, traditional poetry) a brief preface note on the theme or circumstances of a poem

   Synonym: 詞書き (kotobagaki)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN