正題

See also: 正题

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (正題)		正	題
simp. (正题)		正	题

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngtí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ tai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngtí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngtí
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tʻi²
    • Yale: jèng-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqtyi
    • Palladius: чжэнти (čžɛnti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ tai⁴
    • Yale: jing tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Noun

正題

1. main subject

   • 芬臣見他說了半天，仍然不曾說到正題上去，忍耐不住，因問道：「大人今天約到此地，想是有甚正事賜教？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     芬臣见他说了半天，仍然不曾说到正题上去，忍耐不住，因问道：「大人今天约到此地，想是有甚正事赐教？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 《二十年目睹之怪現狀》 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 88

     Fēnchén jiàn tā shuō le bàntiān, réngrán bùcéng shuō dào zhèngtí shàng qù, rěnnài bùzhù, yīn wèn dào: “Dàrén jīntiān yuē dào cǐ dì, xiǎng shì yǒu shèn zhèngshì cìjiào?” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (philosophy) thesis