事
业

Undertaking in Chinese: 事业 (shì yè)

shì yè

undertaking

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 事業1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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事
业

Zhuyin

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ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄝˋ

yè

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

事业

Simplified

事業

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他把所有时间都放在事业上。

    tā bǎ suǒ yǒu shí jiān dōu fàng zài shì yè shàng。

    He devotes all his time to his career.

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Related words

事

shì

matter

业

yè

line of business

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

毕业

bì yè

graduation

职业

zhí yè

occupation

专业

zhuān yè

specialty

从事

cóng shì

to go for

工业

gōng yè

industry

军事

jūn shì

military affairs

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