Chinese Word Entry

專八

Simplified Chinese form: 专八

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ ㄅㄚ
Mandarin (Pinyin): zhuān bā
Definition: TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr for 英語專業八級考試〔英语专业八级考试〕[Ying1 yu3 Zhuan1 ye4 Ba1 ji2 Kao3 shi4])

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Chinese characters used in this word

specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely, monopolize, take sole possession
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓㄨㄢ (zhuān), ㄊㄨㄢˊ (tuán), ㄕㄨㄢˋ (shuàn)
Cantonese: zyun1
Japanese: セン (sen) / もっぱ.ら (moppara)
Korean: 전 (jeon)
Vietnamese: chuyên, choen, choèn, chuyến, chuyện
Variants
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eight, eight radical (no. 12), all around, all sides
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄚ (bā), ㄅㄚˊ (bá)
Cantonese: baat3
Japanese: ハチ (hachi)、 ハツ (hatsu) / や (ya)、 や.つ (yatsu)、 やっ.つ (yattsu)、 よう (you)、 やたび (yatabi)
Korean: 팔 (pal)
Vietnamese: bát
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