(tè) - special, particular; especially in Mandarin
tèTraditional: 特
Translation
special, particular; especially
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the ox radical and a phonetic element, originally referring to a single bull and hence to something singled out. It now means special or particular.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 牛 (ox) + 寺 (sì, phonetic)
Stroke order
特
Examples
例。
This is a special case.
辣。
He especially loves spicy food.
。
Nothing special happened today.
。
This flower has a special fragrance.
。
He is particularly keen on this matter.
特 (tè) means special, particular, and especially. It often shortens compounds like 特别 in casual speech.
Where this fits
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 特.
Used in
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