题材
Old HSK 6
题材 (tícái) · subject matter
题材 (tícái) means “subject matter; theme”. It is written with 2 characters: 题 (question) + 材 (timber). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 题材 is built
The characters
题 tí · question
What 题 is made of
- 是shì — to be
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 疋pǐ — foot shape
- 日rì — sun; day
- 页yè — page
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 人rén — person
- 贝bèi — sea shell
Origin hint: 页 gives the meaning, 是 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
材 cái · timber
What 材 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 才cái — ability
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 亅 — hook
- 扌shǒu — hand
Origin hint: 木 gives the meaning, 才 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这部电影的题材很新颖。Zhè bù diànyǐng de tícái hěn xīnyǐng.The subject matter of this film is very fresh.
她喜欢写家庭题材的小说。Tā xǐhuan xiě jiātíng tícái de xiǎoshuō.She likes writing novels about family life.
Questions about 题材
What does 题材 mean?
题材 (tícái) means “subject matter; theme”.
How do you pronounce 题材?
题材 is pronounced tícái.
Which HSK level is 题材?
题材 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 难题nántídifficult problem
- 问题wèntíquestion
- 标题biāotítitle
- 话题huàtítopic
- 试题shìtíexam question
- 题目tímùtitle
- 专题zhuāntíspecial topic
- 主题zhǔtítheme
- 课题kètíresearch topic
- 题tíquestion
Learn 题材 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 177: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.