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专业

zhuān yè

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 專業 Measure word 门、个

专业 (zhuān yè) means "specialty". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 专业 means

1. specialty
2. specialized field
3. main field of study (at university)
4. major
5. professional

The characters in 专业

• 专zhuānfor a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special
• 业yèline of business; industry; occupation

Example sentences

• 你选好专业了吗
  Nǐ xuǎn hǎo zhuānyè le ma
  Have you chosen a major yet?
• 你的专业是什幺？
  What's your major?
• 我是专业摄影师。
  I'm a professional photographer.
• 他的专业是经济学。
  Tā de zhuānyè shì jīngjìxué.
  He is majoring in economics.
• 我的专业是宗教学。
  My major is comparative religion.
• 她的专业是法国的文学
  Tā de zhuānyè shì Fǎguó de wénxué
  She majors in French literature.

Words starting with 专业

• 专业化zhuān yè huàspecialization
• 专业性zhuān yè xìngprofessionalism; specialization
• 专业户zhuān yè hùrural household that specializes in a particular type of product; (fig.) specialist
• 专业人士zhuān yè rén shìa professional
• 专业教育zhuān yè jiào yùspecialized education; technical school
• 专业人才zhuān yè rén cáiexpert (in a field)

Words containing 专业

• 中等专业教育zhōng děng zhuān yè jiào yùtechnical middle school education
• 中等专业学校zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiàovocational secondary school; technical secondary school

Where 专业 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Academic study & education (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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