Chinese symbol for “subject”
话题
huà tí
Traditional: 話題
subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subject is 话题 (huà tí), defined as: subject (of a talk or conversation); topic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subject”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 课 (課) | kè | subject; course |
| 学科 (學科) | xué kē | subject; branch of learning |
| 题目 (題目) | tí mù | subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道 (dào)) |
| 臣民 | chén mín | subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) |
| 主语 (主語) | zhǔ yǔ | subject (in grammar) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 话题.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 的话 (的話) | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 讲话 (講話) | jiǎng huà | a speech; to speak |
| 对话 (對話) | duì huà | to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation |
| 问题 (問題) | wèn tí | question; problem |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 专题 (專題) | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subject”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.