HSK 4 · Education

专业 zhuānyè “major (at university)” in Chinese

Traditional 專業

What 专业 means

  1. major (at university)
  2. speciality
  3. professional
  4. specialty
  5. specialised field
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • main field of study (at university)
  • major

Measure word 门 mén or 个 gè · 一门专业 yì mén zhuānyè

How to say 专业

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale专zhuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale业yè4th tone, falling

专业 in a sentence

  1. 你的专业是什么？

    Nǐ de zhuānyè shì shénme?

    What’s your major?

    Sentence #5094692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的专业是经济学。

    Tā de zhuānyè shì jīngjìxué.

    He’s majoring in economics.

    Sentence #7772068 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 专业 can also mean “professional”

    我是专业摄影师。

    Wǒ shì zhuānyè shèyǐngshī.

    I’m a professional photographer.

    Sentence #2629254 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 专业 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 专 (zhuān) drawn as one shape
专zhuānfor a particular person, occasion

专 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 业 (yè) drawn as one shape
业yèline of business

业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 专业

专 4 strokes · 业 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

专业 (zhuānyè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 专业 (zhuānyè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 专业

Words with 专

专门zhuānmén · specially专心zhuānxīn · to concentrate专家zhuānjiā · expert专题zhuāntí · special topic专长zhuāncháng · speciality专利zhuānlì · patent专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)

Words with 业

作业zuòyè · school assignment毕业bìyè · graduation职业zhíyè · occupation业余yèyú · spare-time工业gōngyè · industry农业nóngyè · agriculture企业qǐyè · company商业shāngyè · business失业shīyè · unemployment行业hángyè · trade

More words: School, Work & Culture

学期xuéqī · term研究yánjiū · to research语法yǔfǎ · grammar语言yǔyán · language大夫dàifu · doctor导游dǎoyóu · tour guide付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money工资gōngzī · wages

FAQs

专业 (zhuānyè) means “major (at university)” or “speciality”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhuānyè: zhuān with a 1st tone, then yè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 专业 is written 專業. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 门 (mén) or 个 (gè). For example, one major (at university) is 一门专业 (yì mén zhuānyè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanye with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 专业 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanye into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
专业 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.