大专 (dà zhuān) — junior college (three-year vocational higher education); associate degree program

Definition

Short for 高等专科学校 — a two- or three-year vocational college below a 本科 bachelor's degree. Contrast with 大学 (full university) and 本科 (four-year bachelor's program).

noun
junior college (three-year vocational higher education)associate degree program
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 大专。
    Tā dú wán dà zhuān hòu jiù zhí jiē gōng zuò le.
    After finishing junior college, he went straight to work.
  • 大专。
    Zhè suǒ dà zhuān de jì suàn jī zhuān yè hěn yǒu míng.
    This junior college's computer science program is very famous.
  • 大专。
    Hěn duō qǐ yè zhāo pìn shí yāo qiú dà zhuān yǐ shàng xué lì.
    Many companies require at least a junior college degree when recruiting.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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.

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