专利 zhuānlì▶ patente

Stroke order

专利 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 专 — 4 strokes
• 利 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. patent
2. sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people
3. monopoly

Related words

• 专程viaje especial
• 专长Pericia, conocimientos
• 专题colección especial
• 便利facilitar
• 利害Interés
• 水利Conservación del agua

专利 is pronounced zhuānlì and means “patente”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 专利 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.