Chinese symbol for “patent”
专利
zhuān lì
Traditional: 專利
patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patent is 专利 (zhuān lì), defined as: patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “patent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 专利.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) |
| 专题 (專題) | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic |
| 专用 (專用) | zhuān yòng | special; dedicated |
| 专辑 (專輯) | zhuān jí | album; record (music) |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patent”.
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.