# 专利 (zhuānlì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 专利 (zhuānlì) means “patent”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: patent
- Pinyin: zhuānlì (zhuan1 li4)
- Traditional: 專利
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他申请了一项发明专利。
  Tā shēnqǐngle yí xiàng fāmíng zhuānlì.
  He applied for an invention patent.

## Characters

- 专 (zhuān): for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing
- [利](https://hanziro.com/word/li-benefit/) (lì): benefit; profit

https://hanziro.com/word/zhuan-li-patent/

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