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事业

shì yè

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 事業 Measure word 个

What 事业 means

1. undertaking
2. project
3. activity
4. (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
5. publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
6. career
7. occupation

The characters in 事业

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 业yèline of business; industry; occupation

Example sentences

• 新年！新事业！
  New Year! New Career!
• 事业会很快重振。
  Shìyè huì hěn kuài chóngzhèn.
  Business will recover soon.

Words starting with 事业

• 事业心shì yè xīndevotion to one's work; professional ambition
• 事业有成shì yè yǒu chéngto be successful in business; professional success
• 事业单位shì yè dān wèipublic service institution (e.g. schools, hospitals); (Taiwan) business enterprise…
• 事业线shì yè xiàn(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line…
• 事业编shì yè biānstaffing quota for public service institutions; (by extension) a quota-based position in…

Words containing 事业

• 社会事业shè huì shì yèsocial enterprise
• 公共事业gōng gòng shì yèpublic utility; state-run enterprise; public foundation or enterprise, often charitable
• 公益事业gōng yì shì yèservice to the public; public welfare undertaking; charity
• 福利事业fú lì shì yèwelfare services
• 航空事业háng kōng shì yèaviation industry

Sounds the same

Read shì yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 试液reagent; test solution; experimental liquid