Zhè zhǒng xīnxíng de chéngshì shēnghuó yǒu shénme tèdiǎn?
What are the features of this new kind of city life?
Sentence #765138 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 特点 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
特tèspecial
牛cow · niúMeaning part
寺court · sìSound part
牛 hints at the meaning (cow); 寺 (sì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tè.
点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap
占to divine · zhānSound part
灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part
灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with diǎn.
Memory aidSimplified from 點, a black 黑 dot. 占 (zhān) gives the sound.
How to write 特点
特 10 strokes · 点 9 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 特点 (tèdiǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
特点 (tèdiǎn) means “characteristic (feature)” or “trait”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tèdiǎn: tè with a 4th tone, then diǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 特点 is written 特點. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tedian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 特点 from the suggestions. Typing tedian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
特点 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
特tè4th tone, falling
点diǎn3rd tone, dipping
