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Chinese symbol for “professionalism”

专业性
zhuān yè xìng
Traditional: 專業性
professionalism; specialization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for professionalism is 专业性 (zhuān yè xìng), defined as: professionalism; specialization.

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
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “professionalism”

WordPinyinMeaning
职业素质 (職業素質)zhí yè sù zhìprofessionalism

Related words

Other words that share a character with 专业性.

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
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “professionalism”.

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.