業業

業業

Chinese

		business; occupation; study	business; occupation; study
trad. (業業)		業	業
simp. (业业)		业	业

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yèyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehyeh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèyè
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛ˥˩꜒꜔ jɛ˥˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ jip⁶
    • Yale: yihp yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ yib⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːp˨ jiːp˨/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ](r)[a]p  [ŋ](r)[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋab  ŋab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	業
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yè
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjæp ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ](r)[a]p/
English	strong, sturdy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	業
Reading #	1/1
No.	14819
Phonetic component	業
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	業
Old Chinese	/*ŋab/

Adjective

業業

1. (literary) fearful; apprehensive

   有邦兢兢業業，一日二日萬幾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   有邦兢兢业业，一日二日万几。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

   Yǒu bāng jīngjīngyèyè, yīrì èr rì wànjī. [Pinyin]

   Let him be wary and fearful, (remembering that) in one day or two days there may occur ten thousand springs of things.

2. (literary) lofty; large

   戎車既駕，四牡業業。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   戎车既驾，四牡业业。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Róng chē jì jià, sì mǔ yèyè. [Pinyin]

   His war carriage is yoked; The four steeds are lofty.