业
yèYè HSK2

profession

业 (業) yè frequency
industry noun
line of business, industry, occupation, job, employment, or enterprise

他已经三十岁了，却还没有正经的职业。

tā yǐ​jīng sān​shí suì le, què hái méi​yǒu zhèng​jīng de zhí yè.

He is already thirty, but he still doesn't have a steady job.

studies noun
school studies or academic course

古人云：业精于勤而荒于嬉。

gǔ​rén yún: yè jīng yú qín ér huāng yú xī.

The ancients said: 'Excellence in work comes from diligence, while neglect comes from play.'

already adverb
already (adverbial usage)

该决议业经大会讨论通过。

gāi jué​yì yè jīng dà​huì tǎo​lùn tōng​guò.

The resolution has already been discussed and adopted by the assembly.

karma noun
deed or action; in Buddhism, karma

这是他往世所造的业。

zhè shì tā wǎng​shì suǒ zào de yè.

This is the karma he created in past lives.

to engage in verb
to be engaged in or to pursue a specific occupation

他业医多年，经验丰富。

tā yè yī duō nián, jīng​yàn fēng​fù.

He has practiced medicine for many years and is very experienced.

业 (業) Yè
Ye noun
surname Ye

他姓业。

tā xìng Yè.

His surname is Ye.

Frequency
Character
Written text
130th most common 1530.6 per million
Movie subtitles
490th most common 297.4 per million appears in 70% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
13.6 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
96.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
業
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+4E1A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)