专家级 (zhuān jiā jí) — expert-level, at the level of a specialist

Definition

adjective
expert-levelat the level of a specialist

Examples

  • 专家级。
    Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn yǒu zhuān jiā jí de gōng néng.
    This software has expert-level features.
  • 专家级。
    Tā tí gōng de fú wù shì zhuān jiā jí de.
    The service he provides is at an expert level.
  • 专家级。
    Zhè piān zhuān jiā jí bào gào fēn xī le shì chǎng qū shì.
    This expert-level report analyzes market trends.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

专家
专zhuānspecial家jiāexpert
偏正Modifier + head
级jílevel

专家 (specialist) and 级 (level) combine to mean at the level of a specialist.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 級; 级 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
及
及jí級jí
Same sound today

The traditional form 級 has 糹 (thread) and 及 as a sound part; its original sense was a sequence related to silk. The simplified 级 is a later shorthand.

Open 级 →

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