HSK 6 · Money

专利 zhuānlì “patent” in Chinese

Traditional 專利

What 专利 means

  1. patent
  2. sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people
  3. monopoly

How to say 专利

  • 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利lì4th tone, falling

专利 in a sentence

  1. 他发明的新工具申请了专利。

    Tā fāmíng de xīn gōngjù shēnqǐng le zhuānlì.

    He applied for a patent for the new tool he invented.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这项技术的专利属于一家日本公司。

    Zhè xiàng jìshù de zhuānlì shǔyú yì jiā Rìběn gōngsī.

    The patent for this technology belongs to a Japanese company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 专利 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 利 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
利lìsharp
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 专利

专 4 strokes · 利 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 专利

Words with 专

专业zhuānyè · major (at university)专门zhuānmén · specially专心zhuānxīn · to concentrate专家zhuānjiā · expert专题zhuāntí · special topic专长zhuāncháng · speciality专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)

Words with 利

流利liúlì · fluent顺利shùnlì · smoothly胜利shènglì · victory利用lìyòng · to make use of有利yǒulì · advantageous利益lìyì · benefit利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)便利biànlì · convenient

More words: Money & Economy

征收zhēngshōu · to levy振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise支出zhīchū · expenditure周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund

FAQs

专利 (zhuānlì) means “patent” or “sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuānlì: zhuān with a 1st tone, then lì 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, 专利 is written 專利. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 专利 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
专利 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.