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专门

zhuān mén

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 專門

专门 (zhuān mén) means "specially; specifically". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 专门 means

1. specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose)
2. specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
3. (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special

The characters in 专门

• 专zhuānfor a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…

Example sentences

• 这张书桌是专门为儿童设计的。
  Zhè zhāng shūzhuō shì zhuānmén wèi értóng shèjì de.
  This desk is designed for children.
• 这家出版社专门出版儿童文学。
  Zhè jiā chūbǎnshè zhuānmén chūbǎn értóng wénxué.
  This publisher specializes in children's literature.
• 这是一家专门为学生提供服务的商店。
  Zhè shì yījiā zhuānmén wèi xuésheng tígōng fúwù de shāngdiàn.
  This is a store that caters specially to students.
• 市政府想建设专门的自行车道。但是，很多司机反对这个主意。
  Shìzhèngfǔ xiǎng jiànshè zhuānmén de zìxíngchē dào. dànshì, hěn duō sījī fǎnduì zhège zhǔyi.
  The city government wants to set up special cycle lanes. However, a lot of drivers oppose the idea.

Words starting with 专门

• 专门化zhuān mén huàto specialize
• 专门家zhuān mén jiāspecialist
• 专门人员zhuān mén rén yuánspecialist; specialized staff
• 专门列车zhuān mén liè chēspecial train
• 专门机构zhuān mén jī gòuspecialized agency

Where 专门 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhuān mén correctly.
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