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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “professional”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 职业 (職業) | zhí yè | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |
| 执业 (執業) | zhí yè | to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer); practitioner |
| 好手 | hǎo shǒu | expert; professional |
| 内行 (內行) | nèi háng | expert; adept |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 专业人士.
| 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) |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人士 | rén shì | person; 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.