特殊教育 (tè shū jiào yù) — special education | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Specialized schooling for students with disabilities, learning differences, or other special needs — a compound built on 特殊 ('special') + 教育 ('education').

noun

special education

Examples

特殊教育。
Zhè suǒ xué xiào tí gōng tè shū jiào yù fú wù.
This school provides special education services.
特殊教育。
Tā shì yì míng tè shū jiào yù lǎo shī.
She is a special education teacher.
特殊教育。
Zhèng fǔ jiā dà le duì tè shū jiào yù de tóu rù.
The government has increased investment in special education.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

特殊special

特tèspecial殊shūspecial

联合Side by side

教育education

教jiàoteach育yùeducate

联合Side by side

特 and 殊 both mean special, while 教 and 育 mean teach and educate; together they name special education.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

牛寺特

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

寺sì特tè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

歺朱殊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

歺Written in full as歹dǎi

Sound part声符shēngfú

朱

朱zhū殊shū

Same sound today

The left part of 殊 is 歹, the meaning part; the right part is 朱, the sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

子子zǐchild

攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority

Sound part声符shēngfú

爻

爻yáo教jiào

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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