Zhè zhāng shūzhuō shì zhuānmén wèi értóng shèjì de.
This desk is designed specially for children.
Sentence #874488 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 专门 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.
专zhuānfor a particular person, occasion
专 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening
门 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 門, drawn from a gate with two doors.
How to write 专门
专 4 strokes · 门 3 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 专门 (zhuānmén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
专门 (zhuānmén) means “specially” or “especially for”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhuānmén: zhuān with a 1st tone, then mén 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, 专门 is written 專門. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanmen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 专门 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanmen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
专门 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.
专zhuān1st tone, high and level
门mén2nd tone, rising
