Characteristic in Chinese
characteristic · HSK 4
特点
- 特 special
- 点 point
Counted with 个: 一个特点
这个城市的特点是人多车多。 This city's main feature is lots of people and cars.
Other ways to say characteristic
More words with 特 or 点
How do you say characteristic in Chinese?
Characteristic in Chinese is 特点 (tè diǎn). You can also say 特色 (tè sè), 特有 (tè yǒu), 特征 (tè zhēng), 特性 (tè xìng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.