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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yè | Ye4
English translation
surname Ye
line of business
industry
occupation
job
employment
school studies
enterprise
property
(Buddhism) karma
deed
to engage in
already
business, profession; to study, to work

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Positional decomposition

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Explanation

Simplified form of . Origin unclear.

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业务 yèwù de 发展 fāzhǎn 归功 guī gōng 方的合作 hézuò .

The development of business is creditable to your co - operation.

当然 dāngrán , 我们 wǒmen shǎng wán jiē 英语 Yīng yǔ Hòu , zǒng yāo yǒu 家庭 jiātíng 作业 zuòyè .

Certainly, we always have some homework after an English class.

可是 kěshì tóng guì 公司 gōngsī Shàng 业务 yèwù 往来 wǎng lái .

But I've never had the pleasure of doing any business with you.

商业 shāngyè yòng zhè táng yǒu liǎng 主要 zhǔyào 来源 láiyuán —— tián 甘蔗 gān zhe 制糖甜菜 tián cài .

There are two principal sources of commercial sucrose - sugar cane and sugar beets.

这些 zhè xiē 专业 zhuānyè 足球 zú qiú 运动员 yùn dòng yuán bàng 极了 jí le .

The professionals played football very well.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
企业 qǐyè company企業
职业 zhíyè occupation職業
专业 zhuānyè specialty專業
事业 shìyè undertaking事業
毕业 bìyè graduation畢業
行业 hángyè industry行業
业务 yèwù business業務
商业 shāngyè business商業
作业 zuòyè homework作業
产业 chǎnyè industry產業
工业 gōngyè industry工業
job
农业 nóngyè agriculture農業
失业 shīyè unemployment失業
业余 yèyú in one's spare time業餘
就业 jiùyè to get a job就業
业绩 yè jì achievement業績
营业 yíngyè to trade營業
毕业生 bì yè shēng graduate畢業生
业主 yè zhǔ owner業主
创业 chuàngyè to initiate創業
开业 kāi yè to open a business開業
学业 xué yè studies學業
企业家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur企業家
物业 wùyè property物業

Decomposition & Compounds

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Compounds

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    • xiǎn
      • 湿 shī , xiǎn
    • shàn
      • shàn , shàn , shàn , , shàn , shàn , , , , , , , shàn , , , shàn
      • ,
    • zhuó
        • , , , , , , ,
      • záo
    • cóng
      • , ,
    • , xiān , ,
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