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业 — line of business; industry

line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment

Pinyin
yè · Yè
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — yè, Yè — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 业: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

业 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 业 in the HSK syllabus: 30

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 作业zuòyèschool assignment; homework; work; task; operationHSK 3
  2. 毕业bìyègraduation; to graduate; to finish schoolHSK 4
  3. 毕业生bìyèshēnggraduateHSK 4
  4. 职业zhíyèoccupation; profession; vocation; professionalHSK 4
  5. 专业zhuānyèspecialty; specialized field; main field of studyHSK 4
  6. 产业chǎnyèindustry; estate; property; industrialHSK 5
  7. 创业chuàngyèto begin an undertaking; to start an enterpriseHSK 5
  8. 各行各业gèháng-gèyèevery trade; all professions; all walks of lifeHSK 5
  9. 工业gōngyèindustryHSK 5
  10. 行业hángyètrade; profession; industry; businessHSK 5
  11. 就业jiùyèto get a job; employmentHSK 5
  12. 开业kāiyèto open a business; to open a practice; openHSK 5
  13. 农业nóngyèagriculture; farmingHSK 5
  14. 企业qǐyècompany; firm; enterprise; corporationHSK 5
  15. 商业shāngyèbusiness; trade; commerceHSK 5
  16. 失业shīyèunemployment; to lose one's jobHSK 5
  17. 事业shìyèundertaking; project; activity; causeHSK 5
  18. 物业wùyèproperty; real estateHSK 5
  19. 业务yèwùbusiness; professional work; serviceHSK 5
  20. 业余yèyúin one's spare time; outside working hours; amateurHSK 5
  21. 营业yíngyèto do business; to tradeHSK 5
  22. 从业cóngyèto practiceHSK 6
  23. 业yèline of business; industry; occupation; jobHSK 6
  24. 产业链chǎnyèliànindustry value chainHSK 7–9
  25. 成家立业chéngjiā-lìyèto get married and start a career; to settle downHSK 7–9
  26. 兢兢业业jīngjīngyèyèconscientious; assiduousHSK 7–9
  27. 敬业jìngyèdedicated to one's workHSK 7–9
  28. 停业tíngyèto cease trading; to close downHSK 7–9
  29. 学业xuéyèstudies; schoolworkHSK 7–9
  30. 业绩yèjìachievement; accomplishment; performance; resultsHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.