Chinese symbol for “connoisseur”
行家
háng jiā
connoisseur; expert; veteran
The closest CC-CEDICT match for connoisseur is 行家 (háng jiā), defined as: connoisseur; expert; veteran.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “connoisseur”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鉴赏家 (鑒賞家) | jiàn shǎng jiā | connoisseur; appreciative person |
| 行家里手 (行家裡手) | háng jiā lǐ shǒu | connoisseur; expert |
| 达人 (達人) | dá rén | (coll.) expert; connoisseur; guru; enthusiast; geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000); (literary) sensible person; person who understands life |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 行家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 行政 | xíng zhèng | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive |
| 银行 (銀行) | yín háng | bank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
See also: Japanese symbol for “connoisseur”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.