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Mandarin · pinyin tí#

Meanings · tí

  1. topic
  2. problem for discussion
  3. exam question
  4. subject
  5. to inscribe
  6. to mention
  7. Classifier: 個 gè, 道 dào
Mandarin · pinyin Tí#

Meanings · Tí

  1. surname Ti
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tí · forehead; title, headline; theme
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character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) forehead
  2. title
  3. question; quiz; problem (Classifier: 道 m; 條/条 c mn-t)
  4. Classifier for questions. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  5. to sign; to write; to inscribe
  6. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 提 (“to mention”)
  7. a surname

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 睇 (“to look at; to scrutinize”)
  2. (historical dictionaries only) alternative form of 㼵 (dì, “small basin”)

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題 · ti2 · Ti2
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 119,222, 119,221
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Exact source records題 题 [ti2] /topic/problem for discussion/exam question/subject/to inscribe/to mention/CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]/題 题 [Ti2] /surname Ti/