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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 业

农业集体化
nóng yè jí tǐ huà

collectivization of agriculture (under communism)

开业
kāi yè

to open a business

大业
dà yè

great cause

电脑企业
diàn nǎo qǐ yè

computer company

课业
kè yè

lesson

自由企业
zì yóu qǐ yè

free enterprise (in capitalist theory)

农业现代化
nóng yè xiàn dài huà

modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations

置业
zhì yè

to buy real estate

职业素质
zhí yè sù zhì

professionalism

就业率
jiù yè lǜ

employment rate

托业
tuō yè

TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)

中小企业
zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè

small and medium enterprise

商业化
shāng yè huà

to commercialize

八大工业国组织
bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī

G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)

企业社会责任
qǐ yè shè huì zé rèn

corporate social responsibility (CSR)

作业环境
zuò yè huán jìng

operating environment

毕业
bì yè

graduation

职业化
zhí yè huà

professionalization

影业
yǐng yè

film industry

业根
yè gēn

the root cause (of evil)

创业板上市
chuàng yè bǎn shàng shì

Growth Enterprise Markets (GEM)

应届毕业生
yīng jiè bì yè shēng

student graduating in the current year

中国航天工业公司
zhōng guó háng tiān gōng yè gōng sī

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

肄业
yì yè

to attend (a school)

松下电气工业
sōng xià diàn qì gōng yè

Matsushita Electronics Industry

航空业
háng kōng yè

aviation industry

农业
nóng yè

agriculture

产业集群
chǎn yè jí qún

industrial cluster

工业化
gōng yè huà

to industrialize

事业
shì yè

undertaking

清算业务
qīng suàn yè wù

clearing bank

工业品
gōng yè pǐn

manufactured goods

业荒于嬉
yè huāng yú xī

to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)

农业机械
nóng yè jī xiè

agricultural machinery

基业
jī yè

foundation

公益事业
gōng yì shì yè

service to the public

安徽建筑工业学院
ān huī jiàn zhù gōng yè xué yuàn

Anhui University of Architecture

兴业银行
xīng yè yín háng

Société Générale

职业高尔夫球协会
zhí yè gāo ěr fū qiú xié huì

Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)

南京农业大学
nán jīng nóng yè dà xué

Nanjing Agricultural University

勋业
xūn yè

meritorious achievement

结业
jié yè

to finish school, esp. a short course

穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè

lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)

银行业务
yín háng yè wù

banking

敬业乐群
jìng yè lè qún

diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues

福利事业
fú lì shì yè

welfare services

网路作业系统
wǎng lù zuò yè xì tǒng

network operating system

龙头企业
lóng tóu qǐ yè

key enterprises

业余教育
yè yú jiào yù

spare-time education

农业生技
nóng yè shēng jì

agri-biotechnology

小企业
xiǎo qǐ yè

small enterprise

同业
tóng yè

same trade or business

软件企业
ruǎn jiàn qǐ yè

software company

养殖业
yǎng zhí yè

cultivation industry

饲养业
sì yǎng yè

stock farming

农业部
nóng yè bù

Ministry of Agriculture

实业家
shí yè jiā

industrialist

伟业
wěi yè

exploit

工业七国集团
gōng yè qī guó jí tuán

G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)

歇业
xiē yè

to close down (temporarily or permanently)

卒业
zú yè

to graduate

物业管理
wù yè guǎn lǐ

property management

辍业
chuò yè

to give up work

营业员
yíng yè yuán

clerk

业务
yè wù

business

西北工业大学
xī běi gōng yè dà xué

Northwestern Polytechnical University

通讯行业
tōng xùn háng yè

communications industry

专业教育
zhuān yè jiào yù

specialized education

事业心
shì yè xīn

devotion to one's work

工业革命
gōng yè gé mìng

Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830

专业性
zhuān yè xìng

professionalism

企业家
qǐ yè jiā

entrepreneur

国防科学技术工业委员会
guó fáng kē xué jì shù gōng yè wěi yuán huì

Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)

国防工业
guó fáng gōng yè

defense industry

农业厅
nóng yè tīng

(provincial) department of agriculture

民族工业
mín zú gōng yè

national industry

电子业
diàn zǐ yè

electronics industry

批发业
pī fā yè

wholesale business

共业
gòng yè

collective karma (Buddhism)

杨业
yáng yè

Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽[liáo]

商业银行
shāng yè yín háng

commercial bank

轻工业
qīng gōng yè

light industry

业余爱好者
yè yú ài hào zhě

hobbyist

外商独资企业
wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè

wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China)

职业
zhí yè

occupation; profession; vocation

同业公会
tóng yè gōng huì

trade association

企业内网路
qǐ yè nèi wǎng lù

intranet

中国船舶工业集团
zhōng guó chuán bó gōng yè jí tuán

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)

业绩
yè jì

achievement

业满
yè mǎn

to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism)

夕阳产业
xī yáng chǎn yè

sunset industry

专业户
zhuān yè hù

family firm producing a special product

中小型企业
zhōng xiǎo xíng qǐ yè

small or medium size enterprise (SME)

酒店业
jiǔ diàn yè

the catering industry

企业联合组织
qǐ yè lián hé zǔ zhī

syndicate (group of businesses)

中企业
zhōng qǐ yè

medium sized enterprise

无业闲散
wú yè xián sǎn

unemployed and idle

从业人员
cóng yè rén yuán

employee

酿酒业
niàng jiǔ yè

brewing industry

副业
fù yè

sideline; side occupation

正业
zhèng yè

one's regular job

充分就业
chōng fèn jiù yè

full employment

业余大学
yè yú dà xué

college for people who attend after work

商业计划
shāng yè jì huà

business plan

上海汽车工业
shàng hǎi qì chē gōng yè

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)

电子化营业
diàn zǐ huà yíng yè

e-commerce (computing)

专业人士
zhuān yè rén shì

a professional

业务模式
yè wù mó shì

business model

创业投资
chuàng yè tóu zī

venture capital

事业有成
shì yè yǒu chéng

to be successful in business

中国石油和化学工业协会
zhōng guó shí yóu hé huà xué gōng yè xié huì

China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)

乐业
lè yè

Leye county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

汇业财经集团
huì yè cái jīng jí tuán

Delta Asia Financial Group (Macau)

天佑吾人基业
tiān yòu wú rén jī yè

annuit coeptis

中国北方工业公司
zhōng guó běi fāng gōng yè gōng sī

China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)

物业税
wù yè shuì

property tax

验光配镜业
yàn guāng pèi jìng yè

optometry

毕业生
bì yè shēng

graduate

敬业
jìng yè

dedicated to one's work

业余者
yè yú zhě

amateur

工业国
gōng yè guó

industrialized countries

北京林业大学
běi jīng lín yè dà xué

Beijing Forestry University

转业
zhuǎn yè

to change one's profession

中国航空工业公司
zhōng guó háng kōng gōng yè gōng sī

Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)

守业
shǒu yè

to preserve one's heritage

工农业
gōng nóng yè

industry and agriculture

国际商业机器
guó jì shāng yè jī qì

International Business Machines

业务过失
yè wù guò shī

professional negligence

功业
gōng yè

achievement

肄业证书
yì yè zhèng shū

certificate of partial completion

营业时间
yíng yè shí jiān

time of business

采矿业
cǎi kuàng yè

mining

企业管理硕士
qǐ yè guǎn lǐ shuò shì

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

产业
chǎn yè

industry

纺织工业
fǎng zhī gōng yè

textile industry

产业工人
chǎn yè gōng rén

industrial worker

制造业
zhì zào yè

manufacturing industry

畜牧业
xù mù yè

animal husbandry

阿亨工业大学
ā hēng gōng yè dà xué

RWTH Aachen University

不务正业
bù wù zhèng yè

not to engage in honest work

无业游民
wú yè yóu mín

unemployed person

工业现代化
gōng yè xiàn dài huà

modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations

种植业
zhòng zhí yè

plantation

船运业
chuán yùn yè

shipping

兴业县
xīng yè xiàn

Xingye county in Yulin 玉林[yù lín], Guangxi

运输业
yùn shū yè

transportation industry

就业服务
jiù yè fú wù

employment service

酪农业
lào nóng yè

dairy

印刷业
yìn shuā yè

typography

第二职业
dì èr zhí yè

second job

七大工业国集团
qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán

G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)

水产业
shuǐ chǎn yè

aquaculture

养蜂业
yǎng fēng yè

beekeeping

第二产业
dì èr chǎn yè

secondary industry

核工业部
hé gōng yè bù

Ministry of Nuclear Industry

业海
yè hǎi

sea of evil

小型企业
xiǎo xíng qǐ yè

small business

物业费
wù yè fèi

property management fee

软体业
ruǎn tǐ yè

the software industry

航空事业
háng kōng shì yè

aviation industry

物业
wù yè

property

失业
shī yè

unemployment

目标匹配作业
mù biāo pǐ pèi zuò yè

target matching task

营业额
yíng yè é

sum or volume of business

钢铁工业
gāng tiě gōng yè

steel industry

自由职业
zì yóu zhí yè

self-employed

肄业生
yì yè shēng

dropout student

受业
shòu yè

to study

创业
chuàng yè

to begin an undertaking

农业生产合作社
nóng yè shēng chǎn hé zuò shè

agricultural producers' cooperative

商业发票
shāng yè fā piào

commercial invoice

三无企业
sān wú qǐ yè

enterprise with no premises, capital or regular staff

创业者
chuàng yè zhě

entrepreneur

商业中心
shāng yè zhōng xīn

business center

业余
yè yú

in one's spare time

工业学校
gōng yè xué xiào

technical or industrial school

职业运动员
zhí yè yùn dòng yuán

professional (athlete)

霸业
bà yè

the task of establishing and maintaining hegemony

业界
yè jiè

industry

柏林工业大学
bó lín gōng yè dà xué

Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin)

三资企业
sān zī qǐ yè

foreign, private and joint ventures

银行业
yín háng yè

banking

业精于勤
yè jīng yú qín

mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.

汇业银行
huì yè yín háng

Banco Delta Asia S.A.R.L., Macau

职业教育
zhí yè jiào yù

vocational training

建筑业
jiàn zhù yè

building industry

主业
zhǔ yè

main business

中央企业
zhōng yāng qǐ yè

centrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC)

中国银行业监督管理委员会
zhōng guó yín háng yè jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì

China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)

故业
gù yè

former empire

性产业
xìng chǎn yè

the sex industry

业务员
yè wù yuán

salesperson

计算机工业
jì suàn jī gōng yè

computer industry

从业
cóng yè
国有企业
guó yǒu qǐ yè

state-owned enterprise

产业链
chǎn yè liàn

industry value chain

商业管理
shāng yè guǎn lǐ

business administration

色情业
sè qíng yè

porn business

第三产业
dì sān chǎn yè

tertiary sector of industry

核工业
hé gōng yè

nuclear industry

商业版本
shāng yè bǎn běn

commercial version (of software)

产业化
chǎn yè huà

to industrialize

工业化国家
gōng yè huà guó jiā

industrialized country

实业
shí yè

industry

爱岗敬业
ài gǎng jìng yè

devoted to one's work

民营企业
mín yíng qǐ yè

privately-operated enterprise

专业人才
zhuān yè rén cái

expert (in a field)

企业
qǐ yè

company

企业集团
qǐ yè jí tuán

business conglomerate

中国长城工业公司
zhōng guó cháng chéng gōng yè gōng sī

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)

职业倦怠症
zhí yè juàn dài zhèng

professional boredom syndrome

商业
shāng yè

business

朝阳产业
zhāo yáng chǎn yè

sunrise industry

北方工业
běi fāng gōng yè

Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate

传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè

to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction

关店歇业
guān diàn xiē yè

to close up shop and cease business temporarily

支柱产业
zhī zhù chǎn yè

mainstay industry

生存农业
shēng cún nóng yè

subsistence farming

工业大学
gōng yè dà xué

technical university

商业区
shāng yè qū

business district

北京工业大学
běi jīng gōng yè dà xué

Beijing University of Technology

第一产业
dì yī chǎn yè

primary sector of industry

失业率
shī yè lǜ

unemployment rate

中国农业银行
zhōng guó nóng yè yín háng

Agricultural Bank of China

工业区
gōng yè qū

industrial zone

同业拆借
tóng yè chāi jiè

call loan

养蚕业
yǎng cán yè

silk industry

河北工业大学
hé běi gōng yè dà xué

Hebei University of Technology

业经
yè jīng

already

恒生中资企业指数
héng shēng zhōng zī qǐ yè zhǐ shù

Hang Seng China affiliated index

专业化
zhuān yè huà

specialization

家业
jiā yè

family property

定点企业
dìng diǎn qǐ yè

a specialized enterprise

兴业
xīng yè

Xingye county in Yulin 玉林[yù lín], Guangxi

企业间网路
qǐ yè jiān wǎng lù

extranet

业障
yè zhàng

karmic hindrance (Buddhism)

国营企业
guó yíng qǐ yè

state-operated enterprise

企业管理
qǐ yè guǎn lǐ

business management

制造业者
zhì zào yè zhě

manufacturer

牧业
mù yè

livestock husbandry

私营企业
sī yíng qǐ yè

private business

营业时候
yíng yè shí hou

opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant)

企业主
qǐ yè zhǔ

owner of enterprise

词汇判断作业
cí huì pàn duàn zuò yè

lexical decision task

业已
yè yǐ

already

农业合作化
nóng yè hé zuò huà

collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory)

营业收入
yíng yè shōu rù

revenue

制药企业
zhì yào qǐ yè

pharmaceutical company

编结业
biān jié yè

weaving industry

派拉蒙影业
pài lā méng yǐng yè

Paramount Pictures (US movie company)

行业
háng yè

trade; profession; industry; business

上海汽车工业集团
shàng hǎi qì chē gōng yè jí tuán

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)

公共事业
gōng gòng shì yè

public utility

毕业证书
bì yè zhèng shū

(PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书[xué wèi zhèng shū]

安居乐业
ān jū lè yè

to live in peace and work happily (idiom)

失业率
shī yè lǜ

unemployment rate

性服务产业
xìng fú wù chǎn yè

sex service industry

建功立业
jiàn gōng lì yè

to achieve or accomplish goals

举业
jǔ yè

preparatory literary studies for imperial examination

修业
xiū yè

to study at school

半失业
bàn shī yè

semi-employed

停业
tíng yè

to cease trading (temporarily or permanently)

竞业条款
jìng yè tiáo kuǎn

non-compete clause (law)

业者
yè zhě

dealer

业界标准
yè jiè biāo zhǔn

industry standard

业师
yè shī

teacher

商业应用
shāng yè yìng yòng

business application

旧业
jiù yè

trade of one's forebears

营业税
yíng yè shuì

tax on turnover

商业行为
shāng yè xíng wéi

business activity

就业
jiù yè

to get a job

电子工业
diàn zǐ gōng yè

electronics industry

综合业务数字网
zōng hé yè wù shù zì wǎng

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (computing)

文创产业
wén chuàng chǎn yè

creative industries (design, music, publishing etc)

冤业
yuān yè

sin (in Buddhism)

合肥工业大学
hé féi gōng yè dà xué

Hefei University of Technology

金融业
jīn róng yè

financial sector

业龙
yè lóng

evil dragon

再造业
zài zào yè

recycling industry

各行各业
gè háng gè yè

every trade; all professions; all walks of life

本业
běn yè

business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying)

改业
gǎi yè

to change profession or business

职业中学
zhí yè zhōng xué

vocational high school

工商业
gōng shāng yè

business

生产企业
shēng chǎn qǐ yè

manufacturer

工业设计
gōng yè shè jì

industrial design

矿业
kuàng yè

mining industry

工业园区
gōng yè yuán qū

industrial park

学业有成
xué yè yǒu chéng

to be successful in one's studies

哈尔滨工业大学
hā ěr bīn gōng yè dà xué

Harbin Institute of Technology

服务业
fú wù yè

service industry

业主
yè zhǔ

owner

中等专业学校
zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiào

specialized middle school

工业
gōng yè

industry

多工作业
duō gōng zuò yè

multitasking

失业者
shī yè zhě

an unemployed person

事业线
shì yè xiàn

(slang) cleavage

未来业绩
wèi lái yè jì

future yield (of investment)

商业机构
shāng yè jī gòu

commercial organization

新兴产业
xīn xīng chǎn yè

emerging industry

中等专业教育
zhōng děng zhuān yè jiào yù

technical middle school education

外业
wài yè

on-site operations (e.g. surveying)

制药业
zhì yào yè

pharmaceutical industry

社会事业
shè huì shì yè

social enterprise

学业
xué yè

studies

就业机会
jiù yè jī huì

employment opportunity

公营企业
gōng yíng qǐ yè

public enterprise, as opposed to private enterprise 私營企業|私营企业[sī yíng qǐ yè]

家庭作业
jiā tíng zuò yè

homework

待业
dài yè

to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China)

授业
shòu yè

to teach

毕业典礼
bì yè diǎn lǐ

graduation ceremony

兢兢业业
jīng jīng yè yè

(idiom) conscientious

无业
wú yè

unemployed

乐业县
lè yè xiàn

Leye county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

作业
zuò yè

school assignment

重工业
zhòng gōng yè

heavy industry

农业区
nóng yè qū

agricultural region

广东科学技术职业学院
guǎng dōng kē xué jì shù zhí yè xué yuàn

Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology

商业模式
shāng yè mó shì

business model

营业
yíng yè

to do business

业态
yè tài

(retail industry) format

执业
zhí yè

to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer)

高空作业
gāo kōng zuò yè

to work high above the ground

旅游业
lǚ yóu yè

tourism industry

林业
lín yè

forest industry

手工业
shǒu gōng yè

handicraft

开业大吉
kāi yè dà jí

celebration on opening a business

成家立业
chéng jiā lì yè

to get married and start a career (idiom)

创业精神
chuàng yè jīng shén

enterprising spirit

就业安定费
jiù yè ān dìng fèi

Employment Stability Fee (Taiwan), a minimum monthly fee for employing foreign workers

职业病
zhí yè bìng

occupational disease

勤俭办企业
qín jiǎn bàn qǐ yè

to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily

专业
zhuān yè

specialty

渔业
yú yè

fishing industry