业 yè in a sentence
Business (occupation - studies - enterprise - property - already)
业 (yè) means Business (occupation - studies - enterprise - property - already). Below are 24 of the 138 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他正在写作 业 。
Tā zhèng zài xiě zuòyè.
He is doing his homework right now.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 正
我还没做完作 业 。
Wǒ hái méi zuò wán zuòyè.
I haven't finished my homework yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 作业
我明年本科毕 业 。
Wǒ míngnián běnkē bìyè.
I graduate from my undergraduate degree next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 本科
银行周末不营 业 。
Yínháng zhōumò bù yíngyè.
The bank is not open at weekends.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 营业
我终于完成作 业 了。
Wǒ zhōngyú wánchéng zuòyè le.
I have finally finished my homework.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 终于
今天的作 业 不太多。
Jīntiān de zuòyè bú tài duō.
There isn't much homework today.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 作业
请把作 业 交给老师。
Qǐng bǎ zuòyè jiāo gěi lǎoshī.
Please hand your homework to the teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 交
他在这方面很专 业 。
Tā zài zhè fāngmiàn hěn zhuānyè.
He is very professional in this area.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 专业
他在教育行 业 工作。
Tā zài jiàoyù hángyè gōngzuò.
He works in the education industry.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 行业
毕 业 后他打算经商。
Bìyè hòu tā dǎsuàn jīng shāng.
After graduating he plans to go into business.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 经商
他正在写毕 业 论文。
Tā zhèngzài xiě bìyè lùnwén.
He is writing his graduation thesis.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 论文
他在媒体行 业 工作。
Tā zài méitǐ hángyè gōngzuò.
He works in the media industry.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 媒体
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From the graded readers
毕 业 以后工作忙，就更没有时间了。
bìyè yǐhòu gōngzuò máng, jiù gèng / gēng méiyǒu shíjiān le / liǎo / liào.
After graduating, work was busy and there was even less time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
我从小就喜欢画画，可是上大学的时候选了别的专 业 。
wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuan huà huà, kěshì shàng dàxué de / dì shíhou xuǎn le / liǎo / liào biéde zhuānyè.
I'd loved drawing since I was small, but at university I chose a different subject.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
她摇了摇头，说：“毕 业 以后，大家去了不同的城市。”
tā yáo le / liǎo / liào yáo tóu, shuō:" bìyè yǐhòu, dàjiā qùle bùtóng de / dì chéngshì."
She shook her head and said, "After we graduated everyone went to different cities."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the travel phrasebook
请发商 业 发票。
Qǐng fā shāngyè fāpiào.
Please send the commercial invoice.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
From the grammar library
我快毕 业 了。
Wǒ kuài bìyè le.
I'm about to graduate.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen
我做完作 业 了。
Wǒ zuòwán zuòyè le.
I've finished the homework.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
业 appears in 138 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 业
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 业
How is 业 used in a sentence?
This page shows 138 sentences using 业 (yè, "Business (occupation - studies - enterprise - property - already)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 业 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 业 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 业?
The dictionary page for 业 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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