业

Line of business in Chinese: 业 (yè)

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line of business

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 業1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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业

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄝˋ

yè

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

业

Simplified

業

Traditional

Example sentences

See 业 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他以打鱼为业，一辈子住在海边。

    tā yǐ dǎ yú wèi yè， yí bèi zi zhù zài hǎi biān。

    He makes his living by fishing and has lived by the sea all his life.

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Related words

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

毕业

bì yè

graduation

职业

zhí yè

occupation

专业

zhuān yè

specialty

工业

gōng yè

industry

农业

nóng yè

agriculture

企业

qǐ yè

company

商业

shāng yè

business

失业

shī yè

unemployment

行业

háng yè

trade

业务

yè wù

business

业余

yè yú

in one's spare time

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