Meaning of 专家
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- expert; specialist
How to use 专家
专家 is used for people with professional knowledge in a field, often in news and formal speech. It can follow a field name, as in 医学专家 (yīxué zhuānjiā) medical expert. Example: 他是电脑专家。(Tā shì diànnǎo zhuānjiā.) He is a computer expert.
专 (zhuān) means focused or special, and 家 (jiā) is home, also used for a person who masters a field. Someone whose whole "home" is one special subject is an expert.
Common mistake: Learners often write 专 with an extra dot or stroke because it looks like 传 without the person radical, but 专 has no dot at the top. Also keep the first tone on both syllables: zhuānjiā, not zhuǎnjiā.
专家 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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专 zhuān · concentrated · 4 strokes
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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 专家.
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 国家 | guójiā | country; nation; state |
| 家里 | jiā li | home |
| 家人 | jiārén | family member; (old) servant |
| 在家 | zàijiā | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 家庭 | jiātíng | family; household |
| 作家 | zuòjiā | author |
| 科学家 | kēxuéjiā | scientist |
| 家长 | jiāzhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 全家 | quánjiā | whole family |
| 画家 | huàjiā | painter |
Questions about 专家
What does 专家 mean?
专家 (zhuānjiā) means "expert; specialist" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 专家?
专家 is made of 2 characters: 专 (4 strokes), 家 (10 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 专家 an HSK word?
Yes. 专家 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 专家 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 专家 is written 專家.
Why does 家 mean expert here when it usually means home?
家 also works as a suffix for a person skilled in a field, like 画家 (huàjiā) painter and 作家 (zuòjiā) writer. 专家 follows the same pattern, meaning a person with special knowledge.
What is the difference between 专家 and 大家?
专家 means an expert or specialist. 大家 (dàjiā) usually means everyone, though in older or formal use it can mean a great master or an influential family.