是非题 (shì fēi tí) — true/false question; true-or-false problem

Definition

noun

true/false questiontrue-or-false problem

Measure word · 道

是非题。
Zhè cì kǎo shì yǒu èr shí dào shì fēi tí.
There are twenty true/false questions on this exam.
是非题，。
Zuò shì fēi tí de shí hou, yào zǐ xì pàn duàn měi gè chén shù.
When doing true/false questions, you need to carefully judge each statement.
是非题。
Lǎo shī chū le yí dào guān yú lì shǐ de shì fēi tí.
The teacher made a true/false question about history.

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.

是非right and wrong

联合Side by side

题tíquestion

是 and 非 give true or false, and 题 names the question.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 非 is drawn from two wings facing opposite directions. It later came to be used for going against or not being.

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'.