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zhuān

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zhuān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuān | zhuan1
English translation
concentrated, specialized; to monopolize

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About zhuān

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhuān

Contains the radical

cùn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of zhuān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

叀寸

Semantic compound

cùn

Phonetic compound

zhuān

Explanation

Depicts a hand ( cùn ) spinning a wheel ( zhuān ). Based on the original meaning "turn", now written as zhuǎn . The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The simplified character zhuān was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character zhuān .

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Words with zhuān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
专家 zhuānjiā expert專家
专业 zhuānyè specialty專業
专门 zhuānmén specialist專門
专辑 zhuān jí album專輯
zhuān special zhuān
专心 zhuānxīn to concentrate專心
专用 zhuān yòng special專用
专利 zhuānlì patent專利
专注 zhuān zhù concentrated專注
专项 zhuān xiàng special專項
专题 zhuāntí article, report or program etc on a specific topic專題
专栏 zhuān lán special column專欄
专长 zhuāncháng specialty專長
专访 zhuān fǎng special interview專訪
专程 zhuānchéng specifically專程
专科 zhuān kē specialized subject專科
专政 zhuān zhèng dictatorship專政
专卖店 zhuān mài diàn specialty store專賣店
专职 zhuān zhí special duty專職
专柜 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)專櫃
专员 zhuān yuán commissioner專員
专人 zhuān rén specialist專人
专线 zhuān xiàn hotline專線
专业化 zhuān yè huà specialization專業化
专一 zhuān yī single-minded專一

zhuān Decomposition & Compounds

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