Chinese symbol for “theme”
主题
zhǔ tí
Traditional: 主題
theme; subject
The closest CC-CEDICT match for theme is 主题 (zhǔ tí), defined as: theme; subject.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “theme”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主旋律 | zhǔ xuán lǜ | (music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea |
| 题意 (題意) | tí yì | meaning of a title; implication |
| 母题 (母題) | mǔ tí | motif (loanword); main idea |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 主题.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 问题 (問題) | wèn tí | question; problem |
| 话题 (話題) | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 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 “theme”.
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.