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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tè | te4
English translation
special
unique
distinguished
especially
unusual
very
special, unique, distinguished

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Niú

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

牛寺

Semantic compound

Niú

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Niú represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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跟随 gēnsuí 鲁珀特, shè chuàn Xīn de 珍宝 zhēn bǎo 足迹 zú jì !

Follow Rupert as he picks up a new treasure trail!

弗雷德·希尔德伯特 sǒng 了耸那暄 de Kuān 肩膀 jiānbǎng .

Fred Hildebert shrugged his big soft shoulders.

" yuàn 愿意 yuànyì ràng dào 亚特兰大 Yà tè lán dà ,去刻 shǎng 几个 jǐ ge ya ?

" Would you like for me to take it to Atlanta and have it engraved? "

最后 zuìhòu , 最高 zuì gāo 法院 fǎyuàn 断然 duàn rán 拒绝 jùjué le "阿纳 " àn 超过 chāoguò 票数 piào shù de " tián " de 理论 lǐlùn .

Ultimately, the Court squarely rejected the Arnett plurality's " bitter with the sweet " theory.

弗烈 biē le 一肚子 yī dù zi 闷气,一直 yīzhí zài 抽雪前 yān .

Freddie had been puffing on his cigar angrily.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
特别 tèbié especially特別
special
特殊 tèshū special特殊 tèshū
特点 tèdiǎn trait特點
模特 mótè (fashion) model (loanword)模特 mótè
特色 tèsè characteristic特色 tèsè
特征 tèzhēng characteristic特徵
独特 dútè unique獨特
特工 tè gōng secret service特工 tè gōng
特定 tèdìng special特定 tèdìng
特性 tè xìng property特性 tè xìng
特意 tèyì specially特意 tèyì
特价 tè jià special price特價
希特勒 Xī tè lè Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)希特勒 Xī tè lè
福特 Fú tè Ford (name)福特 Fú tè
凯特 Kǎi tè Kate (name)凱特
英特尔 Yīng tè ěr Intel英特爾
特有 tè yǒu specific (to)特有 tè yǒu
特地 tè dì specially特地 tè dì
特区 tè qū abbr. for 特別行政區|特别行政区 tè bié xíng zhèng qū 特區
特权 tè quán prerogative特權
罗伯特 Luó bó tè Robert (name)羅伯特
特约 tè yuē specially engaged特約

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Decomposition

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