Word information
Simplified特长
Traditional特長
Pinyintècháng
Part of speech名
HSK 3.06
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
特长
tècháng · personal strength; one's special ability or strong points
Character breakdown
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长cháng
long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
特别tèbiéunusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
校长xiàozhǎng(college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
队长duìzhǎngcaptain; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]
家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
特点tèdiǎncharacteristic (feature); trait; feature; CL:個|个[ge4]