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业

yè

HSK 3 Character Traditional 業

What 业 means

1. line of business
2. industry
3. occupation
4. job
5. employment
6. school studies
7. enterprise
8. property
9. Buddhismkarma
10. deed
11. to engage in
12. already

Other readings

业 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yèsurname Ye

Example sentences

• 专注学业。
  Zhuānzhù xuéyè.
  Focus on your studies.
• 他失业了。
  He has lost his job.
• 子承父业。
  He substituted for his father.
• 没写作业。
  I didn't do the homework.
• 做你的作业。
  Do your homework.
• 数千人失业。
  Thousands of people lost their jobs.

Words starting with 业

• 业务yè wùbusiness; professional work; service
• 业余yè yúin one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
• 业主yè zhǔowner; proprietor
• 业绩yè jìachievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance…
• 业界yè jièindustry
• 业务员yè wù yuánsalesperson
• 业内yè nèi(within) the industry; the profession
• 业已yè yǐalready
• 业者yè zhědealer; trader; person or company engaged in some industry or trade
• 业态yè tài(retail industry) format
• 业力yè lì(Buddhism) karma
• 业大yè dàpart-time college (abbr. for 业余大学
• 业经yè jīngalready
• 业海yè hǎisea of evil; endless crime
• 业根yè gēnthe root cause (of evil); bane (Buddhism)
• 业界标准yè jiè biāo zhǔnindustry standard
• 业配yè pèi(Taiwan) (media) writing an article or creating a video favorable to a business in return…
• 业配文yè pèi wén(Taiwan) advertorial
• 业满yè mǎnto have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism)
• 业师yè shīteacher; one's teacher
• 业障yè zhàngkarmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment…
• 业龙yè lóngevil dragon
• 业余者yè yú zhěamateur
• 业余大学yè yú dà xuécollege for people who attend after work

Words containing 业

• 企业qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation
• 专业zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university)
• 毕业bì yègraduation; to graduate; to finish school
• 作业zuò yèschool assignment; homework; work
• 职业zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional
• 行业háng yètrade; profession; industry; business
• 商业shāng yèbusiness; trade; commerce
• 工业gōng yèindustry
• 农业nóng yèagriculture; farming
• 营业yíng yèto do business; to trade
• 失业shī yèunemployment; to lose one's job
• 事业shì yèundertaking; project; activity
• 产业chǎn yèindustry; estate; property
• 就业jiù yèto get a job; employment
• 创业chuàng yèto begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship
• 兢兢业业jīng jīng yè yè(idiom) conscientious; assiduous
• 安居乐业ān jū lè yèto live in peace and work happily (idiom)
• 毕业生bì yè shēnggraduate
• 物业wù yèproperty; real estate; abbr. for 物业管理
• 企业家qǐ yè jiāentrepreneur
• 学业xué yèstudies; schoolwork
• 开业kāi yèto open a business; to open a practice; open (for business)
• 从业cóng yèto practice (a trade)
• 敬业jìng yèdedicated to one's work

Characters that look like 业

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 亚yàsecond; next to; inferior
• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 杂zámixed; miscellaneous; various
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 圭guījade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…

Sounds the same

Read yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 页page; leaf
• 夜night
• 叶leaf; page; lobe
• 液(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 烨blaze of fire; glorious
• 谒to visit (a superior)
• 曳to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. yì
• 掖to support by the arm; to help; to promote
• 腋(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil
• 晔bright light; to sparkle
• 咽to choke (in crying)
• 靥dimple