业 (yè): line of business, industry, occupation
业 (yè) is a Chinese character meaning “line of business.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural). It ranks #130 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- line of business
- industry
- occupation
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 业
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 职业noun | zhí yè | occupation | 4 |
| 毕业verb | bì yè | graduation | 4 |
| 事业noun | shì yè | undertaking | 5 |
| 专业noun/adjective | zhuān yè | specialty | 4 |
| 作业noun | zuò yè | school assignment | 3 |
| 商业noun | shāng yè | business | 5 |
| 行业noun | háng yè | trade | 5 |
| 业余adjective | yè yú | in one's spare time | 5 |
| 失业verb | shī yè | unemployment | 5 |
| 企业noun | qǐ yè | company | 5 |
| 业务noun | yè wù | business | 5 |
| 工业noun | gōng yè | industry | 5 |
| 产业noun | chǎn yè | industry | 5 |
| 营业verb | yíng yè | to do business | 5 |
| 毕业生noun | bì yè shēng | graduate | 4 |
| 开业verb | kāi yè | to open a business | 5 |
| 农业noun | nóng yè | agriculture | 5 |
| 就业verb | jiù yè | to get a job | 5 |
| 创业verb | chuàng yè | to begin an undertaking | 5 |
| 物业noun | wù yè | property | 5 |
| 从业verb | cóng yè | to practice (a trade) | 6 |
| 各行各业 | gè háng gè yè | every trade | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学业 | xué yè | studies |
| 业主 | yè zhǔ | owner |
| 业绩 | yè jì | achievement |
| 敬业 | jìng yè | dedicated to one's work |
| 执业 | zhí yè | to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer) |
| 停业 | tíng yè | to cease trading (temporarily or permanently) |
| 副业 | fù yè | sideline |
| 实业 | shí yè | industry |
| 无业 | wú yè | unemployed |
业 appears in 100 compound words: 19 as the first character, 76 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 业 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (28)
all walks of life, with special reference to occupation; every trade; all professions; all classes of society
Showing 12 of 28 idioms containing 业.
Example Sentences
业字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
yè zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character for "business" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
商业船舶正从全球各地驶往伊朗港口
shāng yè chuán bó zhèng cóng quán qiú gè dì shǐ wǎng yī lǎng gǎng kǒu
Commercial ships are sailing from all over the world to Iranian ports
业界倡上调基本免税额一成 预算案料难大派糖...
yè jiè chàng shàng diào jī běn miǎn shuì é yī chéng yù suàn àn liào nán dà pài táng . . .
The industry advocates raising the basic tax exemption by 10%, and the budget is expected to be difficult to distribute sugar...
通膨上升、减重药热销 美食品业降价吸引顾客回流
tōng péng shàng shēng , jiǎn chóng yào rè xiāo měi shí pǐn yè jiàng jià xī yǐn gù kè huí liú
Inflation rises, weight loss drugs are hot, and the price reduction of the US food industry attracts customers to return
...anca Generali 2025财年业绩:创纪录利润,拟派发2.9欧元股息
. . . a n c a G e n e r a l i 2 0 2 5 cái nián yè jì : chuàng jì lù lì rùn , nǐ pài fā 2 . 9 ōu yuán gǔ xī
... anca Generali fiscal year 2025 results: record profit, proposed dividend of 2.9 euros
为什么没写作业？快说！
Wèishéme méi xiězuò yè? kuài shuō!
Why didn't you do your homework? Speak up!
目前的失业率是多少？
Mùqián de shīyèlǜ shì duōshao?
What is the unemployment rate at the moment?
您是从哪个学校毕业的？
Nín shì cóng nǎge xuéxiào bìyè de?
From what school did you graduate?
您在英国从事中医行业多长时间了？
Nín zài Yīngguó cóngshì Zhōngyī hángyè duō cháng shíjiān le?
How long have you been practising Chinese medicine in the UK?
打扰一下，超市现在营业吗？
Dǎrǎo yīxià, chāoshì xiànzài yíngyè ma?
Excuse me. Is the supermarket open?
Character Family
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