Chinese symbol for “specialty”
专业
zhuān yè
Traditional: 專業
specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major
The closest CC-CEDICT match for specialty is 专业 (zhuān yè), defined as: specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; 门 (mén),个 (gè); professional.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “specialty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专长 (專長) | zhuān cháng | specialty; special knowledge or ability |
| 绝活 (絕活) | jué huó | specialty; unique skill |
| 拿手菜 | ná shǒu cài | specialty (dish) |
| 特产 (特產) | tè chǎn | special local product; (regional) specialty |
| 强项 (強項) | qiáng xiàng | key strength; strong suit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 专业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 农业 (農業) | nóng yè | agriculture; farming |
See also: Japanese symbol for “specialty”.
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.