擅

shàn

“Without authority” in Chinese is 擅 (shàn).

Other characters with the syllable shan: see all 10 →

Meaning

without authority
to usurp
to arrogate to oneself

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to monopolize
expert in
to be good at

Example

比尔擅长辩论。

Bill is skillful in arguing and debating.

From 擅长 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Words containing 擅

擅长shànchángto be good at; to be expert inHSK 7-9 擅自shànzìwithout permissionHSK 7-9

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