擅长 meaning in English

shàncháng

to be good at; to be expert in

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 擅長20 strokes

Meaning of 擅长

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shàncháng
  1. to be good at; to be expert in

擅长 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè不bú是shì我wǒ所suǒ擅shàn长cháng的de事shì。
It's not something I'm very good at.
西xī班bān牙yá队duì很hěn擅shàn长cháng控kòng球qiú。
The Spanish team is great at keeping possession of the ball.
汤tāng姆mǔ从cóng来lái不bù擅shàn长cháng游yóu泳yǒng。
Tom was never very good at swimming.
他tā非fēi常cháng擅shàn长cháng拉lā小xiǎo提tí琴qín。
He is very good at playing violin.
彼bǐ特tè非fēi常cháng擅shàn长cháng做zuò菜cài。
Peter is very good at cooking.

Stroke order for each character

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擅 shàn · to claim · 16 strokes

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长 cháng · long · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 擅长.

长大zhǎngdàto grow up
队长duìzhǎngcaptain; team leader
市长shìzhǎngmayor
校长xiàozhǎng(college, university) president; headmaster
家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head
院长yuànzhǎngthe head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university presi
组长zǔzhǎnggroup leader
班长bānzhǎngclass monitor; squad leader
部长bùzhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief
成长chéngzhǎngto mature; to grow
长期chángqīlong-term; for a protracted period
生长shēngzhǎngto grow; to grow up

Questions about 擅长

What does 擅长 mean?

擅长 (shàncháng) means "to be good at; to be expert in" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 擅长?

擅长 is made of 2 characters: 擅 (16 strokes), 长 (4 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 擅长 an HSK word?

Yes. 擅长 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 擅长 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 擅长 is written 擅長.