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特长

tè cháng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 特長

特长 (tè cháng) means "personal strength". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 特长 means

1. personal strength
2. one's special ability or strong points

The characters in 特长

• 特tèspecial; unique; distinguished
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

Example sentences

• 每个人有自己的特长。
  Měigerén yǒu zìjǐ de tècháng.
  Every man has his own strong points.
• 因为你们公司的业务能够发挥我的特长。
  Yīnwèi nǐmen gōngsī de yèwù nénggòu fāhuī wǒ de tècháng.
  Because your business can play to my strengths.

Where 特长 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · táo–tí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tè cháng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.