| 问题 |  wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 话题 | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic | |
| 题目 | tí mù | subject / title / topic / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 题 | tí | topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4] | |
| 议题 | yì tí | topic of discussion / topic / subject / issue (under discussion) / CL:項|项[xiang4] | |
| 论题 | lùn tí | topic | |
| 话茬 | huà chá | tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion | |
| 语锋 | yǔ fēng | thread of discussion / topic | |
| 来说 | lái shuō | to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ... | |
| 专题 | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic | |
| 来看 | lái kàn | to come and see / to see a topic from a certain point of view | |
| 试题 | shì tí | exam question / test topic | |
| 提起 | tí qǐ | to mention / to speak of / to lift / to pick up / to arouse / to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 命题 | mìng tí | proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic | |
| 切入 | qiē rù | to cut into / to incise / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / cut (offensive moves in basketball) | |
| 畅所欲言 | chàng suǒ yù yán | lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content | |
| 紧扣 | jǐn kòu | to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc) | |
| 重提 | chóng tí | to raise the same topic | |
| 话锋 | huà fēng | topic under discussion / thread of discussion | |
| 跑题 | pǎo tí | to digress / to stray from the topic | |
| 避讳 | bì hui | to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from / to avoid | |
| 避讳 | bì huì | to avoid a taboo word or topic | |
| 漫无边际 | màn wú biān jì | extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic | |
| 走题 | zǒu tí | to get off the main topic / to digress | |
| 绕弯子 | rào wān zi | lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
| 言归正传 | yán guī zhèng zhuàn | to return to the topic (idiom) / to get back to the main point | |
| 借题发挥 | jiè tí fā huī | to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss | |
| 王顾左右而言他 | wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā | the king looked left and right and then talked of other things / to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom) | |
| 讨论的议题 | tǎo lùn de yì tí | topic of discussion | |
| 偏科 | piān kē | to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others) / overdoing it / to go overboard | |
| 绕弯子儿 | rào wān zǐ r | lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
| 绕腾 | rào teng | to run a long way around / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
| 话又说回来 | huà yòu shuō huí lai | returning to our main topic,... / that said,... / again,... / in this connection / in passing / nevertheless,... / anyhow | |
| 话里套话 | huà lǐ tào huà | to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information / to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed | |
| 话说回来 | huà shuō huí lai | returning to our main topic,... / that said,... / again,... / in this connection / in passing / nevertheless,... / anyhow | |
| 讲题 | jiǎng tí | topic of a lecture | |
| 重弹 | chóng tán | to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again | |
| 重提旧事 | chóng tí jiù shì | to raise the same old topic again / to hark back | |
| 扣题 | kòu tí | to stick to the topic | |
| 走板 | zǒu bǎn | to be off the beat / to sound awful (of singing) / (fig.) to wander off the topic / (diving) to step toward the end of the board / approach | |
| 专题树形图 | zhuān tí shù xíng tú | topic tree | |
| 欧洲主题中心 | | European Topic Centre | |
| 谈资 | tán zī | sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation | |
| 回帖 | huí tiě | to reply to an invitation / (Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic | |
