pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
业 
業 
ye4 
 
 
surname Ye 
 
业 
業 
ye4 
 
 
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already 
 
 
strokes 
13 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
9 
 
阿亨工业大学 
阿亨工業大學 
a1 heng1 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
RWTH Aachen University 
 
爱岗敬业 
愛崗敬業 
ai4 gang3 jing4 ye4 
 
 
industrious and hard-working; conscientious and meticulous 
 
安徽建筑工业学院 
安徽建築工業學院 
an1 hui1 jian4 zhu4 gong1 ye4 xue2 yuan4 
 
 
Anhui University of Architecture 
 
安家立业 
安家立業 
an1 jia1 li4 ye4 
 
 
stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off 
 
安居乐业 
安居樂業 
an1 ju1 le4 ye4 
 
 
to live in peace and work happily (idiom) 
 
八大工业国组织 
八大工業國組織 
ba1 da4 gong1 ye4 guo2 zu3 zhi1 
 
 
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations) 
 
霸业 
霸業 
ba4 ye4 
 
 
the business of hegemony; toiling to become master of the universe 
 
半失业 
半失業 
ban4 shi1 ye4 
 
 
semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed 
 
北方工业 
北方工業 
bei3 fang1 gong1 ye4 
 
 
Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate 
 
北京工业大学 
北京工業大學 
bei3 jing1 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Beijing University of Technology 
 
北京林业大学 
北京林業大學 
bei3 jing1 lin2 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Beijing Forestry University 
 
本业 
本業 
ben3 ye4 
 
 
business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying); original business; core business; (literary) agriculture 
 
毕业 
畢業 
bi4 ye4 
 
 
graduation; to graduate; to finish school 
 
毕业典礼 
畢業典禮 
bi4 ye4 dian3 li3 
 
 
graduation ceremony; commencement exercises 
 
毕业生 
畢業生 
bi4 ye4 sheng1 
 
 
graduate 
 
毕业证书 
畢業證書 
bi4 ye4 zheng4 shu1 
 
 
diploma 
 
编结业 
編結業 
bian1 jie2 ye4 
 
 
weaving industry 
 
柏林工业大学 
柏林工業大學 
bo2 lin2 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin) 
 
不务正业 
不務正業 
bu4 wu4 zheng4 ye4 
 
 
not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties 
 
采矿业 
採礦業 
cai3 kuang4 ye4 
 
 
mining 
 
产业 
產業 
chan3 ye4 
 
 
industry; estate; property; industrial 
 
产业工人 
產業工人 
chan3 ye4 gong1 ren2 
 
 
industrial worker 
 
产业化 
產業化 
chan3 ye4 hua4 
 
 
to industrialize; industrialization 
 
产业集群 
產業集群 
chan3 ye4 ji2 qun2 
 
 
industrial cluster 
 
产业链 
產業鏈 
chan3 ye4 lian4 
 
 
supply chain 
 
成家立业 
成家立業 
cheng2 jia1 li4 ye4 
 
 
to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself 
 
充分就业 
充分就業 
chong1 fen4 jiu4 ye4 
 
 
full employment 
 
重操旧业 
重操舊業 
chong2 cao1 jiu4 ye4 
 
 
to resume one's old trade (idiom) 
 
重温旧业 
重溫舊業 
chong2 wen1 jiu4 ye4 
 
 
to resume one's old trade (idiom) 
 
传道受业 
傳道受業 
chuan2 dao4 shou4 ye4 
 
 
to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction 
 
船运业 
船運業 
chuan2 yun4 ye4 
 
 
shipping 
 
创业 
創業 
chuang4 ye4 
 
 
to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate; to venture; venture; entrepreneurship 
 
创业板上市 
創業板上市 
chuang4 ye4 ban3 shang4 shi4 
 
 
Growth Enterprise Markets (GEM) 
 
创业精神 
創業精神 
chuang4 ye4 jing1 shen2 
 
 
enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit 
 
创业投资 
創業投資 
chuang4 ye4 tou2 zi1 
 
 
venture capital 
 
创业者 
創業者 
chuang4 ye4 zhe3 
 
 
entrepreneur 
 
辍业 
輟業 
chuo4 ye4 
 
 
to give up work; to give up one's profession 
 
词汇判断作业 
詞彙判斷作業 
ci2 hui4 pan4 duan4 zuo4 ye4 
 
 
lexical decision task 
 
从业 
從業 
cong2 ye4 
 
 
to practice (a trade) 
 
从业人员 
從業人員 
cong2 ye4 ren2 yuan2 
 
 
employee; person employed in a trade or profession 
 
大业 
大業 
da4 ye4 
 
 
great cause; great undertaking 
 
待业 
待業 
dai4 ye4 
 
 
to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China) 
 
第二产业 
第二產業 
di4 er4 chan3 ye4 
 
 
secondary industry 
 
第二职业 
第二職業 
di4 er4 zhi2 ye4 
 
 
second job 
 
第三产业 
第三產業 
di4 san1 chan3 ye4 
 
 
tertiary sector of industry 
 
第一产业 
第一產業 
di4 yi1 chan3 ye4 
 
 
primary sector of industry 
 
电脑企业 
電腦企業 
dian4 nao3 qi3 ye4 
 
 
computer company; computer firm 
 
电脑业者 
電腦業者 
dian4 nao3 ye4 zhe3 
 
 
software developer 
 
电子工业 
電子工業 
dian4 zi3 gong1 ye4 
 
 
electronics industry 
 
电子化营业 
電子化營業 
dian4 zi3 hua4 ying2 ye4 
 
 
e-commerce (computing) 
 
电子业 
電子業 
dian4 zi3 ye4 
 
 
electronics industry 
 
定点企业 
定點企業 
ding4 dian3 qi3 ye4 
 
 
a specialized enterprise 
 
多工作业 
多工作業 
duo1 gong1 zuo4 ye4 
 
 
multitasking 
 
纺织工业 
紡織工業 
fang3 zhi1 gong1 ye4 
 
 
textile industry 
 
福利事业 
福利事業 
fu2 li4 shi4 ye4 
 
 
welfare services 
 
服务业 
服務業 
fu2 wu4 ye4 
 
 
service industry 
 
副业 
副業 
fu4 ye4 
 
 
sideline; side occupation 
 
改业 
改業 
gai3 ye4 
 
 
to change profession or business 
 
钢铁工业 
鋼鐵工業 
gang1 tie3 gong1 ye4 
 
 
steel industry 
 
高空作业 
高空作業 
gao1 kong1 zuo4 ye4 
 
 
to work high above the ground 
 
各行各业 
各行各業 
ge4 hang2 ge4 ye4 
 
 
every trade; all professions; all walks of life 
 
公共事业 
公共事業 
gong1 gong4 shi4 ye4 
 
 
public utility; state-run enterprise; public foundation or enterprise, often charitable 
 
工农业 
工農業 
gong1 nong2 ye4 
 
 
industry and agriculture 
 
工商业 
工商業 
gong1 shang1 ye4 
 
 
business 
 
功业 
功業 
gong1 ye4 
 
 
achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed 
 
工业 
工業 
gong1 ye4 
 
 
industry 
 
工业大学 
工業大學 
gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
technical university; engineering college 
 
工业革命 
工業革命 
gong1 ye4 ge2 ming4 
 
 
Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 
 
工业国 
工業國 
gong1 ye4 guo2 
 
 
industrialized countries 
 
工业化 
工業化 
gong1 ye4 hua4 
 
 
to industrialize; industrialization 
 
工业化国家 
工業化國家 
gong1 ye4 hua4 guo2 jia1 
 
 
industrialized country 
 
工业品 
工業品 
gong1 ye4 pin3 
 
 
manufactured goods 
 
工业七国集团 
工業七國集團 
gong1 ye4 qi1 guo2 ji2 tuan2 
 
 
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) 
 
工业区 
工業區 
gong1 ye4 qu1 
 
 
industrial zone 
 
工业设计 
工業設計 
gong1 ye4 she4 ji4 
 
 
industrial design 
 
工业现代化 
工業現代化 
gong1 ye4 xian4 dai4 hua4 
 
 
modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations 
 
工业学校 
工業學校 
gong1 ye4 xue2 xiao4 
 
 
technical or industrial school 
 
工业园区 
工業園區 
gong1 ye4 yuan2 qu1 
 
 
industrial park 
 
公益事业 
公益事業 
gong1 yi4 shi4 ye4 
 
 
service to the public; public welfare undertaking; charity; social facility 
 
公营企业 
公營企業 
gong1 ying2 qi3 ye4 
 
 
public enterprise, as opposed to private enterprise 私營企業|私营企业 
 
共业 
共業 
gong4 ye4 
 
 
collective karma (Buddhism); consequences that all must suffer 
 
故业 
故業 
gu4 ye4 
 
 
old estate; former empire; former occupation 
 
关店歇业 
關店歇業 
guan1 dian4 xie1 ye4 
 
 
to close up shop and cease business temporarily; closed for business 
 
广东科学技术职业学院 
廣東科學技術職業學院 
guang3 dong1 ke1 xue2 ji4 shu4 zhi2 ye4 xue2 yuan4 
 
 
Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology 
 
国防工业 
國防工業 
guo2 fang2 gong1 ye4 
 
 
defense industry 
 
国防科学技术工业委员会 
國防科學技術工業委員會 
guo2 fang2 ke1 xue2 ji4 shu4 gong1 ye4 wei3 yuan2 hui4 
 
 
Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND); abbr. to 國防科工委|国防科工委 
 
国际商业机器 
國際商業機器 
guo2 ji4 shang1 ye4 ji1 qi4 
 
 
International Business Machines; IBM 
 
国营企业 
國營企業 
guo2 ying2 qi3 ye4 
 
 
nationalized industry 
 
国有企业 
國有企業 
guo2 you3 qi3 ye4 
 
 
nationalized business; state-owned business 
 
哈尔滨工业大学 
哈爾濱工業大學 
ha1 er3 bin1 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Harbin Institute of Technology 
 
航空事业 
航空事業 
hang2 kong1 shi4 ye4 
 
 
aviation industry 
 
航空业 
航空業 
hang2 kong1 ye4 
 
 
aviation industry 
 
行业 
行業 
hang2 ye4 
 
 
industry; business 
 
河北工业大学 
河北工業大學 
he2 bei3 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Hebei University of Technology 
 
合肥工业大学 
合肥工業大學 
he2 fei2 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Hefei University of Technology 
 
核工业 
核工業 
he2 gong1 ye4 
 
 
nuclear industry 
 
核工业部 
核工業部 
he2 gong1 ye4 bu4 
 
 
Ministry of Nuclear Industry 
 
恒生中资企业指数 
恆生中資企業指數 
heng2 sheng1 zhong1 zi1 qi3 ye4 zhi3 shu4 
 
 
Hang Seng China affiliated index 
 
化学工业 
化學工業 
hua4 xue2 gong1 ye4 
 
 
chemical industry, abbr. to 化工 
 
汇业财经集团 
匯業財經集團 
hui4 ye4 cai2 jing1 ji2 tuan2 
 
 
Delta Asia Financial Group (Macau) 
 
汇业银行 
匯業銀行 
hui4 ye4 yin2 hang2 
 
 
Banco Delta Asia S.A.R.L., Macau 
 
基业 
基業 
ji1 ye4 
 
 
foundation; base; family estate 
 
计算机工业 
計算機工業 
ji4 suan4 ji1 gong1 ye4 
 
 
computer industry 
 
家庭作业 
家庭作業 
jia1 ting2 zuo4 ye4 
 
 
homework 
 
家业 
家業 
jia1 ye4 
 
 
family property 
 
建功立业 
建功立業 
jian4 gong1 li4 ye4 
 
 
to achieve or accomplish goals 
 
建业 
建業 
jian4 ye4 
 
 
an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420) 
 
建筑业 
建築業 
jian4 zhu4 ye4 
 
 
building industry 
 
结业 
結業 
jie2 ye4 
 
 
to finish school, esp. a short course; to complete a course 
 
金融业 
金融業 
jin1 rong2 ye4 
 
 
financial sector; the banking business 
 
兢兢业业 
兢兢業業 
jing1 jing1 ye4 ye4 
 
 
cautious and conscientious 
 
敬业 
敬業 
jing4 ye4 
 
 
to be dedicated to one's work; to respect one's work 
 
敬业乐群 
敬業樂群 
jing4 ye4 le4 qun2 
 
 
diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues 
 
酒店业 
酒店業 
jiu3 dian4 ye4 
 
 
the catering industry; the hotel and restaurant business 
 
旧业 
舊業 
jiu4 ye4 
 
 
one's old profession; trade of one's forebears 
 
就业 
就業 
jiu4 ye4 
 
 
looking for employment; getting a job; to start a career 
 
就业安定费 
就業安定費 
jiu4 ye4 an1 ding4 fei4 
 
 
Employment Stability Fee (Taiwan), a minimum monthly fee for employing foreign workers 
 
就业机会 
就業機會 
jiu4 ye4 ji1 hui4 
 
 
employment opportunity; job opening 
 
就业率 
就業率 
jiu4 ye4 lv4 
 
 
employment rate 
 
就业培训 
就業培訓 
jiu4 ye4 pei2 xun4 
 
 
employment training 
 
举业 
舉業 
ju3 ye4 
 
 
preparatory literary studies for imperial examination 
 
开业 
開業 
kai1 ye4 
 
 
to open a business; to open a practice; open (for business) 
 
开业大吉 
開業大吉 
kai1 ye4 da4 ji2 
 
 
celebration on opening a business 
 
课业 
課業 
ke4 ye4 
 
 
lesson; schoolwork 
 
矿业 
礦業 
kuang4 ye4 
 
 
mining industry 
 
酪农业 
酪農業 
lao4 nong2 ye4 
 
 
dairy 
 
乐业 
樂業 
le4 ye4 
 
 
Leye county in Baise 百色, Guangxi 
 
乐业县 
樂業縣 
le4 ye4 xian4 
 
 
Leye county in Baise 百色, Guangxi 
 
林业 
林業 
lin2 ye4 
 
 
forest industry; forestry 
 
龙头企业 
龍頭企業 
long2 tou2 qi3 ye4 
 
 
key enterprises; leading enterprises 
 
旅游业 
旅遊業 
lv3 you2 ye4 
 
 
tourism industry 
 
民族工业 
民族工業 
min2 zu2 gong1 ye4 
 
 
national industry; industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese 
 
命名作业 
命名作業 
ming4 ming2 zuo4 ye4 
 
 
naming task 
 
目标匹配作业 
目標匹配作業 
mu4 biao1 pi3 pei4 zuo4 ye4 
 
 
target matching task 
 
牧业 
牧業 
mu4 ye4 
 
 
livestock husbandry; animal product industry 
 
南京农业大学 
南京農業大學 
nan2 jing1 nong2 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Nanjing Agricultural University 
 
酿酒业 
釀酒業 
niang4 jiu3 ye4 
 
 
brewing industry; wine industry 
 
农业 
農業 
nong2 ye4 
 
 
agriculture; farming 
 
农业部 
農業部 
nong2 ye4 bu4 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture; Department of Agriculture 
 
农业合作化 
農業合作化 
nong2 ye4 he2 zuo4 hua4 
 
 
collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory) 
 
农业机械 
農業機械 
nong2 ye4 ji1 xie4 
 
 
agricultural machinery 
 
农业集体化 
農業集體化 
nong2 ye4 ji2 ti3 hua4 
 
 
collectivization of agriculture (under communism) 
 
农业区 
農業區 
nong2 ye4 qu1 
 
 
agricultural region 
 
农业生产合作社 
農業生產合作社 
nong2 ye4 sheng1 chan3 he2 zuo4 she4 
 
 
agricultural producers' cooperative 
 
农业生技 
農業生技 
nong2 ye4 sheng1 ji4 
 
 
agri-biotechnology 
 
农业厅 
農業廳 
nong2 ye4 ting1 
 
 
(provincial) department of agriculture 
 
农业现代化 
農業現代化 
nong2 ye4 xian4 dai4 hua4 
 
 
modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations 
 
派拉蒙影业 
派拉蒙影業 
pai4 la1 meng2 ying3 ye4 
 
 
Paramount Pictures (US movie company) 
 
批发业 
批發業 
pi1 fa1 ye4 
 
 
wholesale business; bulk trade 
 
批踢踢实业坊 
批踢踢實業坊 
pi1 ti1 ti1 shi2 ye4 fang1 
 
 
PTT Bulletin Board System (Tw) 
 
七大工业国集团 
七大工業國集團 
qi1 da4 gong1 ye4 guo2 ji2 tuan2 
 
 
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) 
 
启动作业 
啟動作業 
qi3 dong4 zuo4 ye4 
 
 
priming task 
 
企业 
企業 
qi3 ye4 
 
 
company; firm; enterprise; corporation 
 
企业管理 
企業管理 
qi3 ye4 guan3 li3 
 
 
business management (as a study) 
 
企业管理硕士 
企業管理碩士 
qi3 ye4 guan3 li3 shuo4 shi4 
 
 
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 
 
企业集团 
企業集團 
qi3 ye4 ji2 tuan2 
 
 
business conglomerate 
 
企业家 
企業家 
qi3 ye4 jia1 
 
 
entrepreneur 
 
企业间网路 
企業間網路 
qi3 ye4 jian1 wang3 lu4 
 
 
extranet; company-external network 
 
企业联合组织 
企業聯合組織 
qi3 ye4 lian2 he2 zu3 zhi1 
 
 
syndicate (group of businesses) 
 
企业内网路 
企業內網路 
qi3 ye4 nei4 wang3 lu4 
 
 
intranet; company-internal network 
 
企业社会责任 
企業社會責任 
qi3 ye4 she4 hui4 ze2 ren4 
 
 
corporate social responsibility (CSR) 
 
企业主 
企業主 
qi3 ye4 zhu3 
 
 
owner of enterprise 
 
勤俭办企业 
勤儉辦企業 
qin2 jian3 ban4 qi3 ye4 
 
 
to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily 
 
轻工业 
輕工業 
qing1 gong1 ye4 
 
 
light industry 
 
清算业务 
清算業務 
qing1 suan4 ye4 wu4 
 
 
clearing bank 
 
穷家薄业 
窮家薄業 
qiong2 jia1 bo2 ye4 
 
 
poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom); destitute 
 
软件企业 
軟件企業 
ruan3 jian4 qi3 ye4 
 
 
software company 
 
软体业 
軟體業 
ruan3 ti3 ye4 
 
 
the software industry 
 
三资企业 
三資企業 
san1 zi1 qi3 ye4 
 
 
foreign, private and joint ventures 
 
色情业 
色情業 
se4 qing2 ye4 
 
 
porn business 
 
商业 
商業 
shang1 ye4 
 
 
business; trade; commerce 
 
商业版本 
商業版本 
shang1 ye4 ban3 ben3 
 
 
commercial version (of software) 
 
商业发票 
商業發票 
shang1 ye4 fa1 piao4 
 
 
commercial invoice 
 
商业管理 
商業管理 
shang1 ye4 guan3 li3 
 
 
business administration 
 
商业化 
商業化 
shang1 ye4 hua4 
 
 
to commercialize 
 
商业机构 
商業機構 
shang1 ye4 ji1 gou4 
 
 
commercial organization 
 
商业计划 
商業計劃 
shang1 ye4 ji4 hua4 
 
 
business plan 
 
商业模式 
商業模式 
shang1 ye4 mo2 shi4 
 
 
business model 
 
商业区 
商業區 
shang1 ye4 qu1 
 
 
business district; downtown 
 
商业行为 
商業行為 
shang1 ye4 xing2 wei2 
 
 
business activity; commercial activity 
 
商业银行 
商業銀行 
shang1 ye4 yin2 hang2 
 
 
commercial bank 
 
商业应用 
商業應用 
shang1 ye4 ying4 yong4 
 
 
business application 
 
商业中心 
商業中心 
shang1 ye4 zhong1 xin1 
 
 
business center; commerce center 
 
上海汽车工业 
上海汽車工業 
shang4 hai3 qi4 che1 gong1 ye4 
 
 
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) 
 
上海汽车工业集团 
上海汽車工業集團 
shang4 hai3 qi4 che1 gong1 ye4 ji2 tuan2 
 
 
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) 
 
社会事业 
社會事業 
she4 hui4 shi4 ye4 
 
 
social enterprise 
 
生产企业 
生產企業 
sheng1 chan3 qi3 ye4 
 
 
manufacturer 
 
生存农业 
生存農業 
sheng1 cun2 nong2 ye4 
 
 
subsistence farming; subsistence agriculture 
 
失业 
失業 
shi1 ye4 
 
 
unemployment; to lose one's job 
 
失业率 
失業率 
shi1 ye4 lv4 
 
 
unemployment rate 
 
失业者 
失業者 
shi1 ye4 zhe3 
 
 
an unemployed person 
 
实业 
實業 
shi2 ye4 
 
 
industry; commercial enterprise 
 
实业家 
實業家 
shi2 ye4 jia1 
 
 
industrialist 
 
事业 
事業 
shi4 ye4 
 
 
undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation 
 
事业线 
事業線 
shi4 ye4 xian4 
 
 
(slang) cleavage; (palmistry) business line 
 
事业心 
事業心 
shi4 ye4 xin1 
 
 
devotion to one's work; professional ambition 
 
事业有成 
事業有成 
shi4 ye4 you3 cheng2 
 
 
to be successful in business; professional success 
 
手工业 
手工業 
shou3 gong1 ye4 
 
 
handicraft 
 
守业 
守業 
shou3 ye4 
 
 
to preserve one's heritage; to defend the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work; to keep one's business going 
 
授业 
授業 
shou4 ye4 
 
 
to teach; to bequeath 
 
受业 
受業 
shou4 ye4 
 
 
to study; to learn from a master; (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student 
 
水产业 
水產業 
shui3 chan3 ye4 
 
 
aquaculture 
 
私营企业 
私營企業 
si1 ying2 qi3 ye4 
 
 
private business; opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业 
 
饲养业 
飼養業 
si4 yang3 ye4 
 
 
stock farming; animal husbandry 
 
松下电气工业 
松下電氣工業 
song1 xia4 dian4 qi4 gong1 ye4 
 
 
Matsushita Electronics Industry 
 
天佑吾人基业 
天佑吾人基業 
tian1 you4 wu2 ren2 ji1 ye4 
 
 
annuit coeptis 
 
停业 
停業 
ting2 ye4 
 
 
to cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down 
 
通讯行业 
通訊行業 
tong1 xun4 hang2 ye4 
 
 
communications industry 
 
同业 
同業 
tong2 ye4 
 
 
same trade or business; person in the same trade or business 
 
同业拆借 
同業拆借 
tong2 ye4 chai1 jie4 
 
 
call loan; short-term loan within banking 
 
同业公会 
同業公會 
tong2 ye4 gong1 hui4 
 
 
trade association 
 
托业 
托業 
tuo1 ye4 
 
 
TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) 
 
外商独资企业 
外商獨資企業 
wai4 shang1 du2 zi1 qi3 ye4 
 
 
wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China); abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业 
 
外资企业 
外資企業 
wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4 
 
 
abbr. for 外商獨資企業|外商独资企业 
 
网路作业系统 
網路作業系統 
wang3 lu4 zuo4 ye4 xi4 tong3 
 
 
network operating system 
 
伟业 
偉業 
wei3 ye4 
 
 
exploit; great undertaking 
 
未来业绩 
未來業績 
wei4 lai2 ye4 ji4 
 
 
future yield (of investment) 
 
文创产业 
文創產業 
wen2 chuang4 chan3 ye4 
 
 
creative industries (design, music, publishing etc); abbr. for 文化創意產業|文化创意产业 
 
无业 
無業 
wu2 ye4 
 
 
unemployed; jobless; out of work 
 
无业闲散 
無業閑散 
wu2 ye4 xian2 san3 
 
 
unemployed and idle 
 
无业游民 
無業遊民 
wu2 ye4 you2 min2 
 
 
unemployed person; vagrant; rogue 
 
物业 
物業 
wu4 ye4 
 
 
property; real estate; abbr. for 物業管理|物业管理, property management 
 
物业管理 
物業管理 
wu4 ye4 guan3 li3 
 
 
property management 
 
物业税 
物業稅 
wu4 ye4 shui4 
 
 
property tax 
 
西北工业大学 
西北工業大學 
xi1 bei3 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 
 
 
Northwestern Polytechnical University 
 
夕阳产业 
夕陽產業 
xi1 yang2 chan3 ye4 
 
 
sunset industry; declining industry 
 
小企业 
小企業 
xiao3 qi3 ye4 
 
 
small enterprise 
 
小型企业 
小型企業 
xiao3 xing2 qi3 ye4 
 
 
small business 
 
歇业 
歇業 
xie1 ye4 
 
 
to close down (temporarily or permanently); to go out of business 
 
新兴产业 
新興產業 
xin1 xing1 chan3 ye4 
 
 
emerging industry 
 
兴业 
興業 
xing1 ye4 
 
 
Xingye county in Yulin 玉林, Guangxi 
 
兴业县 
興業縣 
xing1 ye4 xian4 
 
 
Xingye county in Yulin 玉林, Guangxi 
 
兴业银行 
興業銀行 
xing1 ye4 yin2 hang2 
 
 
Société Générale 
 
性产业 
性產業 
xing4 chan3 ye4 
 
 
the sex industry 
 
性服务产业 
性服務產業 
xing4 fu2 wu4 chan3 ye4 
 
 
sex service industry 
 
修业 
修業 
xiu1 ye4 
 
 
to study at school 
 
畜牧业 
畜牧業 
xu4 mu4 ye4 
 
 
animal husbandry; stock raising; livestock raising 
 
学业 
學業 
xue2 ye4 
 
 
studies; schoolwork 
 
学业有成 
學業有成 
xue2 ye4 you3 cheng2 
 
 
to be successful in one's studies; academic success 
 
勋业 
勛業 
xun1 ye4 
 
 
meritorious achievement 
 
验光配镜业 
驗光配鏡業 
yan4 guang1 pei4 jing4 ye4 
 
 
optometry; eyesight testing 
 
杨业 
楊業 
yang2 ye4 
 
 
famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 and defended the Song; the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 
 
养蚕业 
養蠶業 
yang3 can2 ye4 
 
 
silk industry 
 
养蜂业 
養蜂業 
yang3 feng1 ye4 
 
 
beekeeping; apiculture 
 
养殖业 
養殖業 
yang3 zhi2 ye4 
 
 
cultivation industry 
 
业大 
業大 
ye4 da4 
 
 
part-time college (abbr. for 業余大學|业余大学) 
 
业根 
業根 
ye4 gen1 
 
 
the root cause (of evil); bane (Buddhism) 
 
业海 
業海 
ye4 hai3 
 
 
sea of evil; endless crime 
 
业荒于嬉 
業荒於嬉 
ye4 huang1 yu2 xi1 
 
 
to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom) 
 
业绩 
業績 
ye4 ji4 
 
 
achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results 
 
业界 
業界 
ye4 jie4 
 
 
industry 
 
业界标准 
業界標準 
ye4 jie4 biao1 zhun3 
 
 
industry standard 
 
业经 
業經 
ye4 jing1 
 
 
already 
 
业精于勤 
業精於勤 
ye4 jing1 yu2 qin2 
 
 
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.; Excellence in work is only possible with diligence.; Practice makes perfect. 
 
业龙 
業龍 
ye4 long2 
 
 
evil dragon 
 
业满 
業滿 
ye4 man3 
 
 
to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism) 
 
业师 
業師 
ye4 shi1 
 
 
teacher; one's teacher 
 
业态 
業態 
ye4 tai4 
 
 
(retail industry) format 
 
业务 
業務 
ye4 wu4 
 
 
business; professional work; service 
 
业务过失 
業務過失 
ye4 wu4 guo4 shi1 
 
 
professional negligence 
 
业务模式 
業務模式 
ye4 wu4 mo2 shi4 
 
 
business model 
 
业务员 
業務員 
ye4 wu4 yuan2 
 
 
salesperson 
 
业已 
業已 
ye4 yi3 
 
 
already 
 
业余 
業餘 
ye4 yu2 
 
 
in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc) 
 
业余爱好者 
業餘愛好者 
ye4 yu2 ai4 hao4 zhe3 
 
 
hobbyist; amateur 
 
业余大学 
業餘大學 
ye4 yu2 da4 xue2 
 
 
college for people who attend after work (lit.: spare-time college) 
 
业余教育 
業餘教育 
ye4 yu2 jiao4 yu4 
 
 
spare-time education; evening classes 
 
业余者 
業餘者 
ye4 yu2 zhe3 
 
 
amateur 
 
业障 
業障 
ye4 zhang4 
 
 
karmic hindrance (buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money 
 
业者 
業者 
ye4 zhe3 
 
 
dealer; trader; person engaged in some industry or trade 
 
业主 
業主 
ye4 zhu3 
 
 
owner; proprietor 
 
肄业 
肄業 
yi4 ye4 
 
 
to attend (a school); to drop out (of college etc) 
 
肄业生 
肄業生 
yi4 ye4 sheng1 
 
 
dropout student 
 
肄业证书 
肄業證書 
yi4 ye4 zheng4 shu1 
 
 
certificate of partial completion; certificate of attendance (for a student who did not graduate) 
 
银行业 
銀行業 
yin2 hang2 ye4 
 
 
banking 
 
银行业务 
銀行業務 
yin2 hang2 ye4 wu4 
 
 
banking 
 
印刷业 
印刷業 
yin4 shua1 ye4 
 
 
typography; printing business 
 
应届毕业生 
應屆畢業生 
ying1 jie4 bi4 ye4 sheng1 
 
 
student graduating in the current year; recent graduate 
 
营业 
營業 
ying2 ye4 
 
 
to do business; to trade 
 
营业额 
營業額 
ying2 ye4 e2 
 
 
sum or volume of business; turnover 
 
营业时候 
營業時候 
ying2 ye4 shi2 hou5 
 
 
opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant) 
 
营业时间 
營業時間 
ying2 ye4 shi2 jian1 
 
 
time of business; opening hours (of shop); working time 
 
营业收入 
營業收入 
ying2 ye4 shou1 ru4 
 
 
revenue 
 
营业税 
營業稅 
ying2 ye4 shui4 
 
 
tax on turnover; sales tax 
 
营业员 
營業員 
ying2 ye4 yuan2 
 
 
clerk; shop assistant 
 
影业 
影業 
ying3 ye4 
 
 
film industry 
 
渔业 
漁業 
yu2 ye4 
 
 
fishing industry; fishery 
 
冤业 
冤業 
yuan1 ye4 
 
 
sin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin; also written 冤孽 
 
再造业 
再造業 
zai4 zao4 ye4 
 
 
recycling industry 
 
朝阳产业 
朝陽產業 
zhao1 yang2 chan3 ye4 
 
 
sunrise industry 
 
正业 
正業 
zheng4 ye4 
 
 
one's regular job 
 
支柱产业 
支柱產業 
zhi1 zhu4 chan3 ye4 
 
 
mainstay industry 
 
职业 
職業 
zhi2 ye4 
 
 
occupation; profession; vocation; professional 
 
执业 
執業 
zhi2 ye4 
 
 
to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer); practitioner; professional 
 
职业病 
職業病 
zhi2 ye4 bing4 
 
 
occupational disease 
 
职业高尔夫球协会 
職業高爾夫球協會 
zhi2 ye4 gao1 er3 fu1 qiu2 xie2 hui4 
 
 
Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) 
 
职业化 
職業化 
zhi2 ye4 hua4 
 
 
professionalization 
 
职业教育 
職業教育 
zhi2 ye4 jiao4 yu4 
 
 
vocational training 
 
职业倦怠症 
職業倦怠症 
zhi2 ye4 juan4 dai4 zheng4 
 
 
professional boredom syndrome 
 
职业素质 
職業素質 
zhi2 ye4 su4 zhi4 
 
 
professionalism 
 
职业运动员 
職業運動員 
zhi2 ye4 yun4 dong4 yuan2 
 
 
professional (athlete); pro 
 
职业中学 
職業中學 
zhi2 ye4 zhong1 xue2 
 
 
vocational high school 
 
制药企业 
製藥企業 
zhi4 yao4 qi3 ye4 
 
 
pharmaceutical company 
 
制药业 
制藥業 
zhi4 yao4 ye4 
 
 
pharmaceutical industry 
 
置业 
置業 
zhi4 ye4 
 
 
to buy real estate 
 
制造业 
制造業 
zhi4 zao4 ye4 
 
 
manufacturing industry 
 
制造业者 
製造業者 
zhi4 zao4 ye4 zhe3 
 
 
manufacturer 
 
中等专业教育 
中等專業教育 
zhong1 deng3 zhuan1 ye4 jiao4 yu4 
 
 
technical middle school education 
 
中等专业学校 
中等專業學校 
zhong1 deng3 zhuan1 ye4 xue2 xiao4 
 
 
specialized middle school 
 
中国北方工业公司 
中國北方工業公司 
zhong1 guo2 bei3 fang1 gong1 ye4 gong1 si1 
 
 
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) 
 
中国长城工业公司 
中國長城工業公司 
zhong1 guo2 chang2 cheng2 gong1 ye4 gong1 si1 
 
 
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) 
 
中国船舶工业集团 
中國船舶工業集團 
zhong1 guo2 chuan2 bo2 gong1 ye4 ji2 tuan2 
 
 
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) 
 
中国航空工业公司 
中國航空工業公司 
zhong1 guo2 hang2 kong1 gong1 ye4 gong1 si1 
 
 
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) 
 
中国航天工业公司 
中國航天工業公司 
zhong1 guo2 hang2 tian1 gong1 ye4 gong1 si1 
 
 
China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司 
 
中国农业银行 
中國農業銀行 
zhong1 guo2 nong2 ye4 yin2 hang2 
 
 
Agricultural Bank of China 
 
中国石油和化学工业协会 
中國石油和化學工業協會 
zhong1 guo2 shi2 you2 he2 hua4 xue2 gong1 ye4 xie2 hui4 
 
 
China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA) 
 
中国银行业监督管理委员会 
中國銀行業監督管理委員會 
zhong1 guo2 yin2 hang2 ye4 jian1 du1 guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2 hui4 
 
 
China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) 
 
中企业 
中企業 
zhong1 qi3 ye4 
 
 
medium sized enterprise 
 
中小企业 
中小企業 
zhong1 xiao3 qi3 ye4 
 
 
small and medium enterprise 
 
中小型企业 
中小型企業 
zhong1 xiao3 xing2 qi3 ye4 
 
 
small or medium size enterprise (SME) 
 
重工业 
重工業 
zhong4 gong1 ye4 
 
 
heavy industry; manufacturing 
 
种植业 
種植業 
zhong4 zhi2 ye4 
 
 
plantation 
 
主业 
主業 
zhu3 ye4 
 
 
main business 
 
专业 
專業 
zhuan1 ye4 
 
 
specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional 
 
专业户 
專業戶 
zhuan1 ye4 hu4 
 
 
family firm producing a special product; cottage industry 
 
专业化 
專業化 
zhuan1 ye4 hua4 
 
 
specialization 
 
专业教育 
專業教育 
zhuan1 ye4 jiao4 yu4 
 
 
specialized education; technical school 
 
专业人才 
專業人才 
zhuan1 ye4 ren2 cai2 
 
 
expert (in a field) 
 
专业人士 
專業人士 
zhuan1 ye4 ren2 shi4 
 
 
a professional 
 
专业性 
專業性 
zhuan1 ye4 xing4 
 
 
professionalism; expertise 
 
转业 
轉業 
zhuan3 ye4 
 
 
to change one's profession; to transfer to civilian work 
 
自由企业 
自由企業 
zi4 you2 qi3 ye4 
 
 
free enterprise (in capitalist theory) 
 
自由职业 
自由職業 
zi4 you2 zhi2 ye4 
 
 
self-employed; profession 
 
综合业务数字网 
綜合業務數字網 
zong1 he2 ye4 wu4 shu4 zi4 wang3 
 
 
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (computing) 
 
卒业 
卒業 
zu2 ye4 
 
 
to complete a course of study (old); to graduate 
 
作业 
作業 
zuo4 ye4 
 
 
school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate 
 
作业环境 
作業環境 
zuo4 ye4 huan2 jing4 
 
 
operating environment 
 
作业系统 
作業系統 
zuo4 ye4 xi4 tong3 
 
 
operating system