What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 特意 mean?

特意 tèyì

specially; on purpose

Its characters

  1. 特 tè special
  2. 意 yì idea

In a sentence

我特意给你留了一块蛋糕。 I saved a piece of cake specially for you.

在公共汽车上,司机认出了她,特意等她坐好了才开车。

From 陈老师的新名单 · The retired teacher: a Chinese short story

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