IDENTITY
特tèspecial; especially
HSK 2Top 200
CORE MEANING
special; especially
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.special; especiallyHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 牛cow radical (niú)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰牛寺
- bull
- gives the sound tè (historical)
USAGE
Common words
特别tèbiéespecially
特点tèdiǎnfeature
特色tèsècharacteristic
Graded examples
我特别喜欢这本书。Wǒ tèbié xǐhuan zhè běn shū.HSK3
I especially like this book.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 持
LEARNING
Memory aid
A bull (牛) at the temple (寺) — the special offering.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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