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专

zhuān

HSK 4 Character Traditional 專

What 专 means

1. for a particular person, occasion, purpose
2. focused on one thing
3. special
4. expert
5. particular (to sth)
6. concentrated
7. specialized

Other readings

专 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhuānvariant of {专|zhuān}

Example sentences

• 专心！
  Attention please!
• 专心。
  Focus.
• 专注学业。
  Zhuānzhù xuéyè.
  Focus on your studies.
• 你选好专业了吗
  Nǐ xuǎn hǎo zhuānyè le ma
  Have you chosen a major yet?
• 他是专制君主。
  Tā shì zhuānzhì jūnzhǔ.
  He is an absolute monarch.
• 我专攻经济学。
  Wǒ zhuāngōng jīngjìxué.
  I major in economics.

Words starting with 专

• 专业zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university)
• 专家zhuān jiāexpert; specialist
• 专门zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially…
• 专心zhuān xīnto focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
• 专题zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc)…
• 专利zhuān lìpatent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly
• 专科zhuān kēspecialized subject; branch (of medicine); specialized training school
• 专程zhuān chéngspecifically; specially (for that purpose)
• 专长zhuān chángspecialty; special knowledge or ability
• 专辑zhuān jíalbum; record (music); special collection of printed or broadcast material
• 专用zhuān yòngspecial; dedicated
• 专栏zhuān lánspecial column
• 专制zhuān zhìautocracy; dictatorship
• 专注zhuān zhùto focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention
• 专区zhuān qūarea established for a designated purpose…
• 专访zhuān fǎngto interview (a particular person or on a particular topic); special interview…
• 专项zhuān xiàngspecial; dedicated
• 专卖店zhuān mài diànspecialty store
• 专职zhuān zhíspecial duty; assigned full time to a task
• 专案组zhuān àn zǔspecial investigation team (legal or judicial)
• 专人zhuān rénspecialist; person appointed for specific task
• 专线zhuān xiànspecial-purpose phone line or communications link; hotline…
• 专业化zhuān yè huàspecialization
• 专政zhuān zhèngdictatorship

Words containing 专

• 大专dà zhuānthree-year college; junior college; professional training college
• 中专zhōng zhuānvocational secondary school; technical secondary school (abbr. for 中等专业学校
• 特快专递tè kuài zhuān dìexpress mail
• 自专zì zhuānto act arbitrarily; to act for oneself
• 人民民主专政rén mín mín zhǔ zhuān zhèngpeople's democratic dictatorship
• 高级专员gāo jí zhuān yuánhigh commissioner
• 中等专业教育zhōng děng zhuān yè jiào yùtechnical middle school education
• 神专shén zhuān(net slang) masterpiece music album; classic album (abbr. for 神级专辑
• 心神专注xīn shén zhuān zhùto concentrate one's attention; to be fully focused
• 医学专家yī xué zhuān jiāmedical expert; medical specialist
• 独断专行dú duàn zhuān xíngto decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
• 中等专业学校zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiàovocational secondary school; technical secondary school
• 中央专制集权zhōng yāng zhuān zhì jí quáncentralized autocratic rule
• 虚拟专用网络xū nǐ zhuān yòng wǎng luòvirtual private network (VPN)
• 天津会议专条Tiān jīn huì yì zhuān tiáoTianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鸿章
• 不敢自专bù gǎn zì zhuānnot daring to act for oneself (idiom)
• 宠擅专房chǒng shàn zhuān fángan especially favored concubine (idiom)
• 笃专dǔ zhuānwith undivided attention
• 一党专制yī dǎng zhuān zhìone party dictatorship
• 生物专一性shēng wù zhuān yī xìngbiospecificity
• 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处Lián hé guó Nán mín Shì wù Gāo jí Zhuān yuán Bàn shì chùOffice of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Characters that look like 专

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 亏kuīto lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly

Sounds the same

Read zhuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

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