专门 zhuānmén specialized
How to remember 专门: 专 concentrated + 门 door = specialized.
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How it is used
- Specially / specifically for a purpose (adverb), or specialized (adj) - 专门为你准备的 (zhuānmén wèi nǐ zhǔnbèi de) prepared specially for you; 专门店 a specialty shop.
- As an adverb it stresses doing something on purpose, dedicated to one aim.
- Don't confuse with 专业 (zhuānyè) 'major/professional'; 专门 is 'specially/dedicatedly', 专业 is the field or the quality of expertise.
Example sentences
- 这所监狱专门关押政治犯。 Zhè suǒ jiānyù zhuānmén guānyā zhèngzhìfàn.This prison specializes in incarcerating political prisoners.