HSK 6 · Education

专题 zhuāntí “special topic” in Chinese

Traditional 專題

What 专题 means

  1. special topic
  2. feature (report)
  3. specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV programme etc)
  4. article, report or programme etc on a specific topic

How to say 专题

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale专zhuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale题tí2nd tone, rising

专题 in a sentence

  1. 这期杂志有一个关于健康的专题。

    Zhè qī zázhì yǒu yí ge guānyú jiànkāng de zhuāntí.

    This issue of the magazine has a special feature on health.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们下周有一个环保专题讲座。

    Wǒmen xiàzhōu yǒu yí ge huánbǎo zhuāntí jiǎngzuò.

    Next week we have a talk on the special topic of environmental protection.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 专题 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 专 (zhuān) drawn as one shape
专zhuānfor a particular person, occasion

专 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 专题

专 4 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.

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

Words related to 专题

Words with 专

Words with 题

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FAQs

专题 (zhuāntí) means “special topic” or “feature (report)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuāntí: zhuān 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, 专题 is written 專題. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 专题 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
专题 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.