HSK 5 · Ideas

特色 tèsè “distinctive feature” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 特色 means

  1. distinctive feature
  2. characteristic
  3. a distinctive feature or quality

How to say 特色

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale特tè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

特色 in a sentence

  1. 你们这儿什么菜最有特色？

    Nǐmen zhèr shénme cài zuì yǒu tèsè?

    Which dish here is your speciality?

    Sentence #10541554 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 日本有许多别具一格的特色。

    Rìběn yǒu xǔduō biéjùyìgé de tèsè.

    Japan has many distinctive features.

    Sentence #336185 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这里的特色菜是什么？

    Zhèlǐ de tèsè cài shì shénme?

    What’s the speciality dish here?

    Sentence #6158457 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 特色 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.

The character 特 (tè) with each of its parts in a different colour
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.

The character 色 (sè) with each of its parts in a different colour
色sècolour
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 巴to desire · bā

How to write 特色

特 10 strokes · 色 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

特色 (tèsè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 特色 (tèsè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 特色

Words with 特

特别tèbié · special特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)独特dútè · unique特殊tèshū · special模特mótè · (fashion) model特征tèzhēng · characteristic特定tèdìng · specific特长tècháng · strength特意tèyì · specially

Words with 色

颜色yánsè · colour白色báisè · white黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green黄色huángsè · yellow景色jǐngsè · scenery出色chūsè · remarkable角色juésè · role色彩sècǎi · colour

More words: Ideas & Concepts

事物shìwù · thing收获shōuhuò · harvest手续shǒuxù · procedure数shù · number特征tèzhēng · characteristic细节xìjié · details现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon象征xiàngzhēng · emblem

FAQs

特色 (tèsè) means “distinctive feature” or “characteristic”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tèsè: tè with a 4th tone, then sè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 特色 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tese with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 特色 from the suggestions. Typing tese into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
特色 is an HSK 5 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.