业
余

In one's spare time in Chinese: 业余 (yè yú)

yè yú

in one's spare time

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 業餘2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1in one's spare time
  2. 2outside working hours
  3. 3amateur (historian etc)

Stroke order

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业
余

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ㄧㄝˋ

yè

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

ㄩˊ

yú

ㄩ/ üˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

业余

Simplified

業餘

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 她称自己为业余爱好者。

    tā chēng zì jǐ wèi yè yú ài hào zhě。

    She calls herself a hobbyist.

  • 观察鸟类是个很好的业余爱好。

    guān chá niǎo lèi shì gè hěn hǎo de yè yú ài hào。

    Bird watching is a nice hobby.

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Related words

业

yè

line of business

余

yú

(literary) I

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

毕业

bì yè

graduation

职业

zhí yè

occupation

专业

zhuān yè

specialty

多余

duō yú

superfluous

工业

gōng yè

industry

农业

nóng yè

agriculture

其余

qí yú

the rest

企业

qǐ yè

company

商业

shāng yè

business

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