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Chinese symbol for “professional”

专业人士
zhuān yè rén shì
Traditional: 專業人士
a professional

The closest CC-CEDICT match for professional is 专业人士 (zhuān yè rén shì), defined as: a professional.

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

专 zhuān
concentrated, specialized; to monopolize
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
士 shì
scholar, gentleman; soldier
radical 33 ⼠ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “professional”

WordPinyinMeaning
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
职业 (職業)zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional
执业 (執業)zhí yèto work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer); practitioner
好手hǎo shǒuexpert; professional
内行 (內行)nèi hángexpert; adept

Related words

Other words that share a character with 专业人士.

WordPinyinMeaning
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
专家 (專家)zhuān jiāexpert; specialist
专门 (專門)zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
专题 (專題)zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic
专用 (專用)zhuān yòngspecial; dedicated
专辑 (專輯)zhuān jíalbum; record (music)
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry
人民rén mínthe people
人士rén shìperson; figure

See also: Japanese symbol for “professional”.

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.

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