事業

See also: 事业

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	business; occupation; study
trad. (事業)		事	業
simp. (事业)		事	业

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ jip⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ngia̍p
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sū-gia̍p / sīr-gia̍p / sī-gia̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se⁶ ngiab⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyè
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyeh
    • Palladius: шие (šije)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ jip⁶
    • Yale: sih yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jiːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ngia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii ngiab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ ngiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ŋi̯ap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-gia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: sū-gia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxgiap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ ɡiap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ ɡiap̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-gia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-gia̍p
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ɡiap̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-gia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: sī-gia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixgiap
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻²² ɡiap̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se⁶ ngiab⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆ ngia̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ ŋiap̚⁴/

Noun

事業

1. career; occupation
2. undertaking; cause (goal, aim or principle); project; activity
3. publicly-funded enterprise or foundation; state-run institution; facility; utility; service
4. (Classical) farming and forced labor

Synonyms

• (career):

• 事由 (shìyóu) (colloquial)
• 本業／本业 (běnyè)
• 職業／职业 (zhíyè)
• 行業／行业 (hángyè)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “publicly-funded enterprise”): 企業／企业 (qǐyè)

Derived terms

• 事業單位／事业单位 (shìyè dānwèi)
• 事業家／事业家
• 事業心／事业心 (shìyèxīn)
• 事業線／事业线 (shìyèxiàn)
• 公共事業／公共事业 (gōnggòng shìyè)
• 公用事業／公用事业 (gōngyòng shìyè)
• 福利事業／福利事业 (fúlì shìyè)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (事業):

• → Japanese: 事業(じぎょう) (jigyō)
• → Korean: 사업(事業) (sa'eop)
• → Vietnamese: sự nghiệp (事業)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	業
じ Grade: 3	ぎょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​ぎょー [jíꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

事(じ)業(ぎょう) • (jigyō) ^{←じげふ (zigefu)?}

1. project, work

   事業(じぎょう)を成功(せいこう)させた。

   Jigyō o seikō saseta.

   The project was a success.

2. an enterprise, a business

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	業

Noun

事業 • (sa'eop) (hangeul 사업)

1. Hanja form^? of 사업 (“business, project”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	業

Noun

事業

1. chữ Hán form of sự nghiệp (“career”).