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

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

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])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠da̠i]

Noun

話(わ)題(だい) • (wadai)

topic
subject of conversation

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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