Sentence #389931 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 标题 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.
标biāomark
木tree · mùMeaning part
示sign · shì
木 hints at the meaning (tree); 票 (piào) hints at the sound. Compare it with biāo.
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 标题
标 9 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.
Stroke order chart for 标题 (biāotí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
标题 (biāotí) means “title” or “heading”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biāotí: biāo with a 1st 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, 标题 is written 標題. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaoti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 标题 from the suggestions. Typing biaoti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
标题 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.
标biāo1st tone, high and level
题tí2nd tone, rising
