HSK 6 · Education

课题 kètí “research topic” in Chinese

Traditional 課題

What 课题 means

  1. research topic
  2. project
  3. question for study
  4. task
  5. problem
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • issue

How to say 课题

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale课kè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale题tí2nd tone, rising

课题 in a sentence

  1. 让我们来简单地了解一下这个课题。

    Ràng wǒmen lái jiǎndān de liǎojiě yíxià zhè ge kètí.

    Let’s take a brief look at this topic.

    Sentence #6316775 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我是人类学的研究学生，课题是“中医在英国”。

    Wǒ shì rénlèixué de yánjiū xuésheng, kètí shì “Zhōngyī zài Yīngguó”.

    I’m an anthropology research student, and my topic is “Chinese Medicine in Britain”.

    Sentence #827094 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 课题 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 课 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
课kèsubject
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 果fruit · guǒSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 果 (guǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with kè.

The character 题 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
题títopic
  • 是to be · shìSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

Memory aidHead 页 with 是 (shì) for the sound. It first meant the forehead, and so a title or topic.

How to write 课题

课 10 strokes · 题 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

课题 (kètí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 课题 (kètí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 课题

Words with 课

上课shàngkè · to go to class下课xiàkè · to finish class课kè · class课本kèběn · textbook课文kèwén · text (of a lesson)课程kèchéng · course旷课kuàngkè · to skip class

Words with 题

题tí · question (on a test)问题wèntí · question难题nántí · difficult problem题目tímù · subject话题huàtí · subject (of a talk or conversation)主题zhǔtí · theme专题zhuāntí · special topic标题biāotí · title题材tícái · subject matter

More words: Education & Learning

精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)考古kǎogǔ · archaeology科目kēmù · (school) subject旷课kuàngkè · to skip class母语mǔyǔ · mother tongue撇piě · left-falling stroke (丿)启蒙qǐméng · to enlighten

FAQs

课题 (kètí) means “research topic” or “project”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kètí: kè with a 4th tone, then tí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 课题 is written 課題. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type keti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 课题 from the suggestions. Typing keti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
课题 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.