(bound form) occupation; profession; trade; industry; line of business

(bound form) school studies; course of study; learning

(bound form) enterprise; undertaking; achievement; cause

(bound form) to be in business; to trade; used in phrases like 开业 kāi​yè or 歇业 xiē​yè

(bound form) property; estate; assets

(bound form) karma; deeds or actions, in a Buddhist sense, including those of the body, speech, and mind

(literary) to engage in a profession; to work as

(literary) already; used in phrases like 业已 yè​yǐ or 业经 yè​jīng

the surname Ye

(archaic) a horizontal toothed board on an instrument stand used to hang bells or drums