occupation; job; employment

Character data

Radical ⽊ (75.9)
Strokes 13
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

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

Words containing 業

Word Meaning
building industry
film industry
to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China)
to practice (a trade)
person employed in a trade or profession; employee
sex service industry
the sex industry
Hang Seng China affiliated index
industrious and hard-working; conscientious and meticulous
recent graduate; student graduating in the current year
to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down
handicraft
TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
wholesale business; bulk trade
PTT Bulletin Board System (Tw)
to teach; to bequeath
mining
mainstay industry
to change profession or business
former occupation; old estate; former empire
to be dedicated to one's work; to respect one's work
dedicated to work; friendly with others
creative industries (design, music, publishing etc)
emerging industry
tourism industry