习题 (xí tí) — exercises (in schoolwork), practice problems

Definition

noun

exercises (in schoolwork)practice problems

Measure word · 个

习题。
Lǎo shī bù zhì le shí dào xí tí zuò wéi zuò yè.
The teacher assigned ten exercises as homework.
习题，。
Zuò wán zhè xiē xí tí, nǐ de shù xué shuǐ píng huì tí gāo hěn duō.
After finishing these exercises, your math level will improve a lot.
习题。
Kè běn hòu miàn de xí tí hěn yǒu tiǎo zhàn xìng.
The exercises at the back of the textbook are quite challenging.

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.

习xípractice

题típroblem

习 indicates practice, and 题 indicates problems, so the whole names practice problems.

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 習; 习 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 習 pairs 羽 (wings) with 日 (sun), showing a bird learning to fly; the simplified 习 is a later shorthand.

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.

是頁題

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

是

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'.