专业化 (zhuān yè huà) — specialization, the process or state of becoming specialized

Definition

noun
specialization, the process or state of becoming specialized

Examples

  • 专业化。
    Xiàn dài gōng yè yuè lái yuè zhòng shì zhuān yè huà.
    Modern industries increasingly value specialization.
  • 专业化。
    Zhè ge gōng sī de zhuān yè huà chéng dù hěn gāo.
    The degree of specialization in this company is very high.
  • 专业化。
    Jīng jì zhuān yè huà tí gāo le shēng chǎn xiào lǜ.
    Economic specialization has improved production efficiency.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

专业specialized field
专zhuānspecialized业yèoccupation
偏正Modifier + head
化huàbecoming

专业 names a specialized field, and 化 expresses making or becoming such.

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 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

Open 化 →

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