试题 (shì tí) — exam question; test problem | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

试题 refers specifically to the individual questions on a test (e.g. 这次考试的试题), not the paper itself (试卷). It's narrower than the more general 题 / 题目, which cover discussion topics and subjects too.

noun

exam questiontest problem

Measure word · 个

Examples

试题。
Zhè cì kǎo shì de shì tí bú tài nán.
The exam questions for this test are not too difficult.
试题。
Tā měi tiān fù xí shì tí.
He reviews exam questions every day.
试题。
Zhè xiē shì tí dōu shì xuǎn zé tí.
These exam questions are all multiple-choice.

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.

题tíquestion

试 ('test') and 题 ('question') combine to mean exam question.

Characters in this word

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

言式試

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

式

式shì試shì

Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

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'.

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