# 专业 (zhuānyè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 专业 (zhuānyè) means “major (field of study); specialty”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: major (field of study); specialty
- Pinyin: zhuānyè (zhuan1 ye4)
- Traditional: 專業
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4
- Measure word: 门、个

## Examples

- 你在大学学什么专业？
  Nǐ zài dàxué xué shénme zhuānyè?
  What was your major in college?

## Characters

- 专 (zhuān): for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing
- [业](https://hanziro.com/word/ye-industry/) (yè): industry; profession

https://hanziro.com/word/zhuan-ye-major/

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