題目

See also: 题目

Chinese

		topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
trad. (題目)		題	目
simp. (题目)		题	目

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tímù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tai⁴ muk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hai³ muuk⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-muk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tôe-ba̍k / tê-ba̍k / tê-bo̍k / tôe-bo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): doi⁵ mag⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶di-moq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tímù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tímù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-mu⁴
    • Yale: tí-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyimuh
    • Palladius: тиму (timu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: tàih muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hai³ muuk⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai²² ᵐbɵk̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-muk
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiˇ mug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti² mug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ muk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tuê-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doe'bak
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue²⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tue²⁴⁻²² bak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tue²⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tê-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de'bak
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³⁻³³ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te¹³⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tê-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de'bok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tuê-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doe'bok
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: doi⁵ mag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tôi ma̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mak̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-moq
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³di-moq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /di²² moʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dej mjuwk

Rime
Character	題	目
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	杜奚切	莫六切
Baxter	dej	mjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei/	/mɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dei/	/miuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi/	/miuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj/	/muwk̚/
Li Rong	/dei/	/miuk̚/
Wang Li	/diei/	/mĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiei/	/mi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tí	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai4	muk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deː  muɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	目
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mù
Middle Chinese	‹ mjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*C.m(r)[u]k/
English	eye
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	題	目
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	11623	9333
Phonetic component	是	目
Rime group	支	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	嗁	目
Old Chinese	/*deː/	/*muɡ/

Noun

題目

1. (countable) subject; title; theme; category; area of interest; topic (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   擬定論文題目／拟定论文题目  ―  nǐdìng lùnwén tímù  ―  proposed thesis topic

2. (countable) exam question; exercise problem (Classifier: 個／个 m; 道 m)
3. (Classical Chinese) excuse; pretext
4. (Classical Chinese) name (of a thing); designation; title; appellation

Synonyms

• (excuse):

• 事由 (shìyóu)
• 口實／口实 (kǒushí)
• 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
• 推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
• 擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
• 由頭／由头
• 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
• 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)

 

• (name):

• 叫法 (jiàofǎ)
• 名 (míng)
• 名兒／名儿 (míngr)
• 名字
• 名目 (míngmù)
• 名稱／名称 (míngchēng)
• 名色 (míngsè) (literary)
• 名號／名号 (mínghào) (literary)
• 命名 (mìngmíng)
• 稱呼／称呼 (chēnghū)
• 稱號／称号 (chēnghào) (usually a complementary one)
• 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi)

 

See also

• 標題／标题 (biāotí)

Verb

題目

1. (Classical Chinese) to judge; to assess

Synonyms

• 估價／估价 (gūjià)
• 品評／品评 (pǐnpíng)
• 品議／品议 (pǐnyì)
• 測估／测估 (cègū)
• 評估／评估 (pínggū)
• 評價／评价 (píngjià)
• 評議／评议 (píngyì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (題目):

• → Japanese: 題目(だいもく) (daimoku)
• → Korean: 제목(題目) (jemok)
• → Vietnamese: đề mục (題目)

References

• “Entry #12786”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
題	目
だい Grade: 3	もく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 題目 (MC dej|dejH mjuwk).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいもく [dàímókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠imo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

題(だい)目(もく) • (daimoku) 

1. title of a book or other work

   Synonym: 題号 (daigō)

2. theme, topic

   Synonym: 主題 (shudai)

3. (Buddhism) in Nichiren Buddhism, the chanting of the 南無妙法蓮華経 (Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Glory to the Lotus Sutra”) and the 妙法蓮華経 (Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Lotus Sutra”)

   Synonym: お題目 (o-daimoku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
題	目

Noun

題目 • (jemok) (hangeul 제목)

1. Hanja form^? of 제목 (“a title of a book or other work”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
題	目

Noun

題目

1. chữ Hán form of đề mục (“heading, head of chapter; rubric”).