特意

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (特意)		特	意
simp. #(特意)		特	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ ji³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k-ì / te̍k-ì
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸deq-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèyì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: tè-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehyih
    • Palladius: тэи (tɛi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 特意 特異／特异

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ ji³
    • Yale: dahk yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² jiː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diag'ix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² i⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-ì
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deg'ix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² i¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ i²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸deq-i
    • MiniDict: deh^入 i
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵deq-i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dəʔ¹¹ i²³/

Adverb

特意

1. specially; purposely

   這是我特意從法國給你們帶回來的一些資料，你們好好看看。 [MSC, trad.]
   这是我特意从法国给你们带回来的一些资料，你们好好看看。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn. [Pinyin]

   These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.

2. (Shanghainese) intentionally; deliberately; purposely

Usage notes

• Usually used for good purposes. For malicious purposes, 故意 (gùyì) is used instead.

Synonyms

• (specially):

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• 單意／单意 (dan¹ i³) (Jin)
• 專誠／专诚 (zhuānchéng) (literary)
• 巴巴兒地／巴巴儿地 (bābārde) (regional)
• 巴意 (Yinchuan)
• 撥工／拨工 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 特事 (Hakka)
• 特別／特别 (tèbié)
• 特地 (tèdì)
• 特特裡／特特里 (⁸deq-deq-li) (Wu)
• 特登 (dak⁶ dang¹) (Cantonese)
• 罷是／罢是 (ba⁵ shr⁵) (Xiang)
• 著意／着意 (Hakka)
• 迭誠／迭诚 (⁸diq-zen) (Wu)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 特地 (“specially”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		特地, 特意
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	特意, 淨意, 特特兒的
	Singapore	特地, 特意
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	特為意兒的, 特為的
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	專門兒, 專意
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	專門, 利編
	Wuhan	特為
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	特為
	Hefei	特地, 特此
Cantonese	Guangzhou	特登
	Hong Kong	特登
	Yangjiang	特登
Gan	Nanchang	特事, 特意
Hakka	Meixian	特事
Jin	Taiyuan	專門, 專意
Northern Min	Jian'ou	一勁勁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	特特意, 特意
Southern Min	Xiamen	刁工, 刁持
	Singapore (Hokkien)	刁工
	Chaozhou	專門
	Puning	專, 專門
Wu	Suzhou	特為
	Wenzhou	特特能
Xiang	Changsha	罷事, 特事
	Shuangfeng	特為, 特話

• (intentionally):

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• 刁工 (Hokkien)
• 刁意故 (Hokkien)
• 刁故意 (Hokkien)
• 利邊／利边 (ni⁴ bian¹) (Sichuanese)
• 刻意 (kèyì)
• 存心 (cúnxīn)
• 存意 (còng-é) (Eastern Min)
• 專／专 (Teochew)
• 專愛／专爱 (zuang¹ ain³) (Teochew)
• 專登／专登 (zyun¹ dang¹) (Cantonese)
• 專門／专门 (Cantonese, Hakka, Jin)
• 成心 (chéngxīn)
• 故意 (gùyì)
• 有心 (yǒuxīn)
• 有意 (yǒuyì)
• 特事 (tet⁷ si) (Gan)
• 特為／特为 (⁸deq-we) (Wu)
• 特登 (dak⁶ dang¹) (Cantonese)
• 罷是／罢是 (ba⁵ shr⁵) (Xiang)
• 迭為／迭为 (⁸diq-we) (Wu)