題詞

Chinese

		topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (題詞)		題	詞
simp. (题词)		题	词

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tící

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ ci⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tôe-sîr / tôe-sû / tê-sû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tící
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tícíh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi²-tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: tí-tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyitsyr
  - Palladius: тицы (ticy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ ci⁴
  - Yale: tàih chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    提詞 / 提词
    題詞 / 题词
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-sîr
  - Tâi-lô: tuê-sîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tue²⁴⁻²² sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-sû
  - Tâi-lô: tuê-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doesuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tue²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-sû
  - Tâi-lô: tê-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: desuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te¹³⁻²² su¹³/

Verb

題詞

to write a few words of encouragement, appreciation, or commemoration

Noun

題詞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
題	詞
だい Grade: 3	し Grade: 6
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 題詞 (MC dej zi, “foreword”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいし [dàíshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠iɕi]

Noun

題(だい)詞(し) • (daishi)

a foreword, an introduction
Synonym: 題辞 (daiji)
(waka, traditional poetry) a brief preface note on the theme or circumstances of a poem
Synonym: 詞書き (kotobagaki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN