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课题 (kè tí) — research topic; subject; issue (in academic or professional contexts)

Definition

课题 is a research or work project/topic, used in academic and professional settings. 题目 is a more general 'topic' or 'title'; 议题 is specifically an item on a discussion agenda.

noun
research topicsubjectissue (in academic or professional contexts)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 课题。
    Zhè ge kè tí de yán jiū jià zhí hěn gāo.
    This research topic has high research value.
  • 课题。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài tǎo lùn xīn de kè tí.
    The company is discussing a new project.
  • 课题。
    Rú hé jiě jué zhè ge kè tí shì dāng qián de zhòng diǎn.
    How to solve this issue is the current focus.

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.

课kèsubject
题títopic

课 subject and 题 topic combine to mean the topic under a subject, a research issue.

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 課; 课 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánto say
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ課kè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 課 pairs 言 (to say) with 果 as a sound part; the simplified 课 is a shorthand and its right side is not a sound part.

Open 课 →

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 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6School & Education

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