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专有 (zhuān yǒu) — proper (as in proper noun, 专有名词); proprietary (as in proprietary technology or rights, 专有技术, 专有权); unique or exclusive (to a particular entity)

Definition

专有 (zhuānyǒu) means 'exclusive to' or 'proprietary' — used in formal/technical contexts like 专有名词 ('proper noun'), 专有技术 ('proprietary technology'), or 专有权 ('exclusive right'). It marks something belonging solely to one party, not for general use.

adjective
proper (as in proper noun, 专有名词)proprietary (as in proprietary technology or rights, 专有技术, 专有权)unique or exclusive (to a particular entity)

Examples

  • “”专有。
    "Zhōng guó" shì yí gè zhuān yǒu míng cí.
    "China" is a proper noun.
  • 专有。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī yōng yǒu duō xiàng zhuān yǒu jì shù.
    This company holds multiple proprietary technologies.
  • 专有。
    Gāi pǐn pái xiǎng yǒu zhuān yǒu shǐ yòng quán.
    This brand enjoys exclusive usage rights.

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
有yǒuhave

专 gives exclusive and 有 gives have, meaning proprietary.

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.

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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
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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