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专题 (zhuān tí) — special topic; feature (article, report, or program on a specific subject)

Definition

专题 is a dedicated report, article, or program focused on one subject (e.g., a TV feature or newspaper series). It is a finished piece of content, unlike the agenda-style 议题, and broader than a single 讲座.

noun
special topicfeature (article, report, or program on a specific subject)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 专题。
    Zhè ge zhuān tí shì guān yú zhōng guó lì shǐ de.
    This special topic is about Chinese history.
  • 专题。
    Tā xiě le yì piān guān yú huán bǎo de zhuān tí.
    He wrote a special report about environmental protection.
  • 专题。
    Wǒ men xiǎo zǔ yào zuò yí gè guān yú kē jì de zhuān tí.
    Our group is going to do a special program about technology.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

专zhuānspecial
题títopic

专 gives special, and 题 names the topic, so the word means a topic set apart for attention.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 題; 题 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
是
是shì題tí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 题, the traditional form 題 uses 是 for sound and 頁 for head, and means 'forehead'.

Open 题 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Abstract ConceptsMedia & News

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