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特别

tè bié

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 特別

特别 (tè bié) means "unusual; special". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 特别 means

1. unusual; special
2. very; especially; particularly
3. expressly; for a specific purpose
4. (often followed by {是|shì}) in particular

How 特别 is used in grammar

特别 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree Adverbs: 多、多么、更、十分、特别、挺、有点儿 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, adverbs (程度副词).

The characters in 特别

• 特tèspecial; unique; distinguished
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…

Example sentences

• 这很特别。
  This is special.
• 您不特别。
  You're not special.
• 它真特别。
  It was really special.
• 它很特别。
  It's very special.
• 她特别想去。
  She so wants to go.
• 今天特别热。
  It is especially hot today.

Words starting with 特别

• 特别行政区tè bié xíng zhèng qūspecial administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and…
• 特别提款权tè bié tí kuǎn quánspecial drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF
• 特别护理tè bié hù lǐintensive care
• 特别感谢tè bié gǎn xièspecial thanks; particular thanks
• 特别任务连Tè bié Rèn wu liánSpecial Duties Unit, Hong Kong special police
• 特别待遇tè bié dài yùspecial treatment
• 特别客串tè bié kè chuànspecial guest performer (in a show); special guest appearance (in film credits)

Words containing 特别

• 首尔特别市Shǒu ěr Tè bié shìSeoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea
• 股东特别大会gǔ dōng tè bié dà huìspecial shareholders' meeting
• 评审团特别奖Píng shěn tuán Tè bié jiǎngSpecial Jury Prize, award at the Venice Film Festival
• 汉城特别市Hàn chéng Tè bié shìHanseong Special Metropolitan City, old name for Seoul, capital of Korea
• 济州特别自治道Jì zhōu tè bié zì zhì dàoJeju island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site
• 人群管理特别用途车rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chēspecialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water…
• 中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室Zhōng yāng Rén mín Zhèng fǔ Zhù Xiāng gǎng Tè bié Xíng zhèng qū Lián luò Bàn gōng shìLiaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative…

Where 特别 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Qualities, Adverbs & Degree Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tè bié correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.