特 (dak6 | te4) : special; unique; unusual

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特

dak6

te4

[1] special; unique; distinguished; peculiar; particular; outstanding; unusual; extraordinary; exclusive [2] just; merely; only [3] [n] bull

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 牛 (#93)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

特

Don't confuse with:
待

This word has been viewed 16296 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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特殊效果 dak6 syu4 haau6 gwo2 te4 shu1 xiao4 guo3 = special effects (film)

特朗普 dak6 long5 pou2 te4 lang3 pu3 = Trump

特登 dak6 dang1 te4 deng1 = purposely; on purpose; specially 粵

特地 dak6 dei6 te4 di4 = specially; purposefully 國

特別 dak6 bit6 te4 bie2 = special, especially

特意 dak6 ji3 te4 yi4 = purposely; on purpose; deliberately

蒙特利爾 mung4 dak6 lei6 ji5 meng2 te4 li4 er3 = Montreal

特殊 dak6 syu4 te4 shu1 = special

特產 dak6 caan2 te4 chan3 = special product

香港特區 hoeng1 gong2 dak6 keoi1 xiang1 gang3 te4 qu1 = Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
See all 156 compounds (CantoDict reports 164 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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「全民皆股」係香港嘅特色。粵
Everyone buying stocks is a characteristic of Hong Kong

你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]

波拉特係個哈薩克斯坦人；佢唔係美國人呀粵
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 特
Unicode code for this character: U+7279 (off-site link)

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