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专属 (zhuān shǔ) — (adjective, attributive) exclusive, dedicated, proprietary (belonging to a particular person or group)

Definition

An adjective meaning reserved for one person or group only — a parking spot, channel, membership. Usually placed before the noun with 的, and stresses 'not shared with anyone else' rather than 'private' in the personal sense.

adjective
(adjective, attributive) exclusivededicatedproprietary (belonging to a particular person or group)

Examples

  • 专属。
    Zhè shì nǐ de zhuān shǔ tíng chē wèi.
    This is your exclusive parking spot.
  • 专属。
    Zhè ge jù lè bù zhǐ yǒu zhuān shǔ huì yuán cái néng jìn rù.
    This club only allows exclusive members to enter.
  • 专属。
    Gōng sī wèi měi wèi yuán gōng zhǔn bèi le zhuān shǔ de bàn gōng qū yù.
    The company prepared a dedicated office area for each employee.

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zhuānexclusive
属shǔbelong

专 says exclusive and 属 says belong, so it means belonging exclusively to someone.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 屬; 属 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
㞑Written in full as尾wěitail
Sound part声符shēngfú
蜀
蜀shǔ屬shǔ
Same sound today

The traditional form 屬 pairs 㞑 (tail) with 蜀 as a sound part; the simplified 属 is a shorthand.

Open 属 →
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