# 題目
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tímù
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄇㄨˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tai$^4$ muk$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hai$^3$ muuk$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-muk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^2$ bah$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tôe-ba̍k / tê-ba̍k / tê-bo̍k / tôe-bo̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): doi$^5$ mag$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di-moq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tímù
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄇㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tímù
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^2$-mu$^4$
*** Yale: tí-mù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyimuh
*** Palladius: тиму (timu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi³⁵ mu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tai$^4$ muk$^6$
*** Yale: tàih muhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tai$^4$ muk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tei$^4$ mug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐi̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hai$^3$ muuk$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hai²² ᵐbɵk̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-muk
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti$^ˇ$ mug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^2$ mug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ muk̚²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^2$ bah$^7$ [Phonetic: de$^5$ ah$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /te¹³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$aʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^2$ bah$^7$ [Phonetic: de$^5$ bhah$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /te¹³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$βaʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-ba̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tuê-ba̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doe'bak
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue²⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tue²⁴⁻²² bak̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tue²⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-ba̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tê-ba̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: de'bak
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³⁻³³ bak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /te¹³⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê-bo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tê-bo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: de'bok
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe-bo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tuê-bo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doe'bok
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: doi$^5$ mag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tôi ma̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /toi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mak̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di-moq
*** MiniDict: di$^去$ moh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di-moq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² moʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dej mjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 題 | 目 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 杜奚切 | 莫六切 |
| Baxter | dej | mjuwk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dei/ | /mɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dei/ | /miuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛi/ | /miuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛj/ | /muwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dei/ | /miuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /diei/ | /mĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱiei/ | /mi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tí | mù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tai$^4$ | muk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*deː muɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 目 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.m(r)[u]k/ |
| English | eye |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 題 | 目 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11623 | 9333 |
| Phonetic component | 是 | 目 |
| Rime group | 支 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嗁 | 目 |
| Old Chinese | /*deː/ | /*muɡ/ |

### Noun

題目
* (countable) subject; title; theme; category; area of interest; topic (Classifier: 個／个 m)
    擬定論文題目／拟定论文题目 ― nǐdìng lùnwén tímù ― proposed thesis topic
* (countable) exam question; exercise problem (Classifier: 個／个 m; 道 m)
* (Classical) excuse; pretext
* (Classical) name (of a thing); designation; title; appellation

#### Synonyms

* (excuse):
* 事由 (shìyóu)
* 口實 / 口实 (kǒushí)
* 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
* 推頭 / 推头 ($^1$the-deu) (Wu)
* 擋箭牌 / 挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
* 由子 (yóuzi)
* 由頭 / 由头
* 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
* 藉口 / 借口 (jièkǒu)
* 託詞 / 托词 (tuōcí)
* 頭由 / 头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
* (name):
* 叫法 (jiàofǎ)
* 名 (míng)
* 名兒 / 名儿 (míngr)
* 名字
* 名目 (míngmù)
* 名稱 / 名称 (míngchēng)
* 名色 (míngsè) (literary)
* 名號 / 名号 (mínghào) (literary)
* 命名 (mìngmíng)
* 稱呼 / 称呼 (chēnghū)
* 稱號 / 称号 (chēnghào) (usually a complementary one)
* 稱謂 / 称谓 (chēngwèi)

#### Derived terms

* 題目頭 / 题目头

#### See also

* 標題／标题 (biāotí)

### Verb

題目
* (Classical) to judge; to assess

#### Synonyms

* 估價 / 估价 (gūjià)
* 品評 / 品评 (pǐnpíng)
* 品議 / 品议 (pǐnyì)
* 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
* 評估 / 评估 (pínggū)
* 評價 / 评价 (píngjià)
* 評議 / 评议 (píngyì)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 題目(だいもく) (daimoku)
* → Korean: 제목(題目) (jemok)
* → Vietnamese: đề mục (題目)

### References

* “Entry #12786”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 題 | 目 |
| だい Grade: 3 | もく Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 題目 (MC dej|dejH mjuwk).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だいもく [dàímókú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [da̠imo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

題(だい)目(もく) • (daimoku)
* title of a book or other work
    Synonym: 題号 (daigō)
* theme, topic
    Synonym: 主題 (shudai)
* (Buddhism) in Nichiren Buddhism, the chanting of the 南無妙法蓮華経 (Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Glory to the Lotus Sutra”) and the 妙法蓮華経 (Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Lotus Sutra”)
    Synonym: お題目 (o-daimoku)

### References

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 題 | 目 |

### Noun

題目 • (jemok) (hangeul 제목)
* hanja form of 제목 (“a title of a book or other work”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 題 | 目 |

### Noun

題目
* chữ Hán form of đề mục (“heading, head of chapter; rubric”).