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huàtí

topic

Two people talking over tea
Memory picture

Characters in this word

话 huà

Strokes
8
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

题 tí

Strokes
15
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
是 to be 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这个话题很好。 Zhège huàtí hěn hǎo. This topic is very good.
  • 换个话题吧。 Huàn ge huàtí ba. Let’s change the topic.
  • 话题很简单。 Huàtí hěn jiǎndān. The topic is very simple.

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