專 (zyun1 | zhuan1) : specialized, exclusive; monopolize

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專

zyun1

zhuan1

[1] [adj] specialised; exclusive; particular
[2] [v] monopolize; take sole possession

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: 寸 (#41)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

專 / 专

Don't confuse with:
尃

This word has been viewed 13911 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Mar 2014 14:16

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專營 zyun1 jing4 zhuan1 ying2 = franchised; monopolize

專一 zyun1 jat1 = Dedicated

專業 zyun1 jip6 zhuan1 ye4 = profession; professional

專家 zyun1 gaa1 zhuan1 jia1 = expert

專門 zyun1 mun4/4*2 zhuan1 men2 = technical; specialized

專門店 zyun1 mun4 dim3 = specialist shop

專用 zyun1 jung6 zhuan1 yong4 = special use

專有名詞 zyun1 jau5 ming4 ci4 zhuan1 you3 ming2 ci2 = (lang.) proper noun

專人 zyun1 jan4 zhuan1 ren2 = specialist; specially appointed person

專利 zyun1 lei6 zhuan1 li4 = patent
See all 82 compounds (CantoDict reports 92 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 專

請番嚟嘅所謂專家, 其實係個學生粵
The so-called expert they invited has turned out to be a student.

所謂專家原來係個學生粵
The so-called expert turned out to be a student.

間公司專門生產電腦。粵
The company specializes in producing computers.

間房係專門用嚟開會嘅。粵
The room is given over to meetings.

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Decimal representation of this word: 專
Unicode code for this character: U+5c08 (off-site link)

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