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zhuān · concentrated, specialized

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4Total strokes

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Single-componentCharacter structure

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一Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 专

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zhuānWords pronounced zhuān
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Example sentences

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Zhè shì yì jiā zhuān mén wèi xué shēng tígōng fú wù de shāng diàn.这是一家专门为学生提供服务的商店。

This is a store that caters specially to students.

Source: Tatoeba #2516542 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de zhuān yè shì fǎ guó de wén xué她的专业是法国的文学

She majors in French literature.

Source: Tatoeba #340493 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ cóng lái méi shuō guò wǒ shì zhuān jiā.我从来没说过我是专家。

I never said I was an expert.

Source: Tatoeba #8511430 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qǐng zhuān xīn zuò nǐ zhèng zài zuò de shì qíng.请专心做你正在做的事情。

Give your whole attention to what you are doing.

Source: Tatoeba #604485 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zhuān zhù zài tā de xīn gōng zuò shàng.她专注在她的新工作上。

She applied her mind to her new job.

Source: Tatoeba #678033 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ xuǎn hǎo zhuān yè le ma你选好专业了吗

Have you chosen a major yet?

Source: Tatoeba #5975077 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 专 in context

  1. Say zhuān, then recall the core meaning: concentrated, specialized.
  2. Write all 4 strokes while keeping the single-component balanced.
  3. Use it in 专门 (zhuān mén), meaning “specialized”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 专 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.