| 題 | 654C45 41.83 | 部居  | 畫數 18 | ㄊㄧˊ [ti2] | ||
| N. | Subject, theme of essay: usu. 題目 [ti2mu4]↓; 出題 to set subject for composition or questions for examination; 標題 give title to, entitle(d); 破題 opening sentence stating theme of essay; 承題 explanation, enlargement of above after first sentence (in 八股 [ba1gu3] essay); 題外文章 digression from subject of paper; 文不對題 composition irrelevant to subject; 離題太遠 (discussion) digress too far afield; 小題大做 make too much fuss over trifle, make a mountain out of a molehill. | |||||
| V.i. & t. & n., | (1) Inscribe, -cription, write beautiful calligraphy: 題簽，題署，題款 [ti2qian1], [ti2shu4], [ti2kuan3]↓; 題字 autograph, write inscription or a few words; 題匾，題額 inscription fronting shop or hall; 題壁 write line or poem on wall; 題詩 write poem on occasion; 題評 critical comments on book, scroll; 題贈 inscribe to (person). (2) (MC) u.f. 提：休題舊事 do not mention bygones. | |||||
| Words | 1. 題跋 [ti2ba2], n., remarks on scrolls of calligraphy or painting; postscript to essays, books. 2. 題簽 [ti2qian1], n. & v.i., book title written on book cover, to write such a title. 3. 題額 [ti2e2], n., inscription on top of tablet. 4. 題主 [ti2zhu3], n., person selected to write name of deceased on ancestral tablet. 5. 題款 [ti2kuan3], n., (on a scroll) name of writer and the person it is dedicated to. 6. 題目 [ti2mu4], n., subject of essay, speech. 7. 題署 [ti2shu4], n. & v.i., sign(ature) on scroll, tablet, etc. 8. 題材 [ti2cai2], n., subject matter. 9. 題辭 [ti2ci2], n., complimentary remarks in front matter of book. | |||||