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Chinese symbol for “pro”

职业运动员
zhí yè yùn dòng yuán
Traditional: 職業運動員
professional (athlete); pro

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pro is 职业运动员 (zhí yè yùn dòng yuán), defined as: professional (athlete); pro.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

职 zhí
duty, profession; office, post
radical 128 ⽿ · 11 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
运 yùn
to run; ship, transport; fortune, luck
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 职业运动员.

WordPinyinMeaning
职业 (職業)zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional
职务 (職務)zhí wùpost; position
职工 (職工)zhí gōngemployee; staff member; worker
辞职 (辭職)cí zhíto resign
职责 (職責)zhí zéduty; responsibility
职位 (職位)zhí wèiposition; post; job
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “pro”.

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.