Everyone should make the most of their own expertise.
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How 专长 is built
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专zhuānfor a particular person, occasion
专 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
长chánglong
长 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 長, drawn from a person with long hair: long (cháng), and to grow (zhǎng).
How to write 专长
专 4 strokes · 长 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 专长 (zhuāncháng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
专长 (zhuāncháng) means “speciality” or “special skill or expertise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuāncháng: zhuān with a 1st tone, then cháng with a 2nd 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, 专长 is written 專長. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanchang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 专长 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanchang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
专长 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
专zhuān1st tone, high and level
长cháng2nd tone, rising
