HSK 5 · Ideas

话题 huàtí “subject (of a talk or conversation)” in Chinese

Traditional 話題

What 话题 means

  1. subject (of a talk or conversation)
  2. topic

How to say 话题

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale话huà4th 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

话题 in a sentence

  1. 他转变了话题。

    Tā zhuǎnbiàn le huàtí.

    He changed the subject.

    Sentence #429196 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你为什么总是逃避这个话题？

    Nǐ wèishénme zǒngshì táobì zhè ge huàtí?

    Why do you always avoid this topic?

    Sentence #1259917 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们谈了各种话题。

    Wǒmen tán le gèzhǒng huàtí.

    We talked about a variety of topics.

    Sentence #895566 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 话题 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 话 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
话huàdialect
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 舌tongue · shé

Memory aidSpeech 讠 from the tongue 舌: talk, words.

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 话题

话 8 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.

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

Words related to 话题

Words with 话

电话diànhuà · telephone打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call说话shuōhuà · to speak的话dehuà · if (ends a conditional clause)对话duìhuà · dialogue笑话xiàohua · joke普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin废话fèihuà · nonsense实话shíhuà · truth神话shénhuà · legend

Words with 题

题tí · question (on a test)问题wèntí · question难题nántí · difficult problem题目tímù · subject主题zhǔtí · theme课题kètí · research topic专题zhuāntí · special topic标题biāotí · title题材tícái · subject matter

More words: Ideas & Concepts

规律guīlǜ · rule (e.g. of science)规模guīmó · scale核心héxīn · core后果hòuguǒ · consequences假设jiǎshè · to suppose价值jiàzhí · value角度jiǎodù · angle结构jiégòu · structure

FAQs

话题 (huàtí) means “subject (of a talk or conversation)” or “topic”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it huàtí: huà 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, 话题 is written 話題. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huati with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 话题 from the suggestions. Typing huati into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
话题 is an HSK 5 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.