Chinese word

特质

Pronunciation

Pinyintè zhì

Meaning

  • nouncharacteristic

Example

文化的特质让这座城市很有魅力。wén huà de tè zhì ràng zhè zuò chéng shì hěn yǒu mèi lì

The cultural characteristic makes this city charming.

Illustration for 特质 (characteristic)

More examples

作者作品中的个人特质很明显。zuò zhě zuò pǐn zhōng de gè rén tè zhì hěn míng xiǎn

The personal characteristic in the author's works is clear.

Core concept

An underlying quality that helps reveal what something is and distinguish it from others.

Common phrases

  • 民族特质mín zú tè zhì

    ethnic characteristic

  • 个人特质gè rén tè zhì

    personal characteristic

  • 心理特质xīn lǐ tè zhì

    psychological characteristic

Similar words

特点tè diǎn: A noticeable quality or feature that shows what a person or thing is like.
性质xìng zhì: The basic nature or inherent quality of a thing or situation.
特色tè sè: A distinctive feature or flavor that is especially typical of a place, group, or culture.
特性tè xìng: A fairly stable property or capability of a person or thing.

Definition in Chinese

指人或物内在且相对稳定的属性，用来区分类别或说明本性。zhǐ rén huò wù nèi zài qiě xiāng duì wěn dìng de shǔ xìng yòng lái qū fēn lèi bié huò shuō míng běn xìng

Word origin

特 (tè, "special") + 质 (zhì, "quality") forms a compound for a quality that stands out as part of something's nature.

Usage tips

  • A noun naming the person, group, culture, or thing often comes before 特质 (tèzhì, "characteristic"), so the phrase makes clear whose defining quality is meant.

Other meanings

  • attributenoun
  • featurenoun

Opposites

Word lists with this word