特色
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
特色 (tèsè) · special feature
特色 (tèsè) means “special feature; characteristic; specialty”. It is written with 2 characters: 特 (special) + 色 (color). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 特色 is built
The characters
特 tè · special
What 特 is made of
- 牛niú — ox
- 寺sì — court
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 寸cùn — inch
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: 牛 gives the meaning, 寺 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
色 sè · color
What 色 is made of
- ⺈ — top shape
- 巴bā — to desire
- 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
Origin hint: What a person ⺈ desires 巴 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这是我们饭馆的特色菜。Zhè shì wǒmen fànguǎn de tèsè cài.This is our restaurant's specialty dish.
这个城市有什么特色？Zhège chéngshì yǒu shénme tèsè?What is special about this city?
Questions about 特色
What does 特色 mean?
特色 (tèsè) means “special feature; characteristic; specialty”.
How do you pronounce 特色?
特色 is pronounced tèsè.
Which HSK level is 特色?
特色 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 特别tèbiéespecially
- 特点tèdiǎncharacteristic
- 独特dútèunique
- 模特儿mótèrmodel (fashion)
- 特价tèjiàspecial price
- 特殊tèshūspecial
- 特征tèzhēngfeature
- 模特mótè(fashion) model
- 特长tèchángspecial skill
- 特定tèdìngspecific
Learn 特色 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 13: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.