業餘

See also: 业余

Chinese

		business; occupation; study	remainder
trad. (業餘)		業	餘
simp. (业余)		业	余
nonstandard simp.		业馀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ jyu⁴

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gieh⁷ y²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gia̍p-îr / gia̍p-û / gia̍p-î

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèyú
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-yü²
    • Yale: yè-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehyu
    • Palladius: еюй (jejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ jyu⁴
    • Yale: yihp yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² jyː²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gieh⁷ y² [Phonetic: gieh⁶ y²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gia̍h-ṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛʔ⁴⁻²¹ y¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gieh⁷ y² [Phonetic: gieh⁶ y²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛʔ⁴⁻² y²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍p-îr
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍p-îr
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiap̚²⁴⁻² ɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍p-û
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍p-û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giab'uu
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡiap̚⁴⁻³² u²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍p-î
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍p-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giab'ii
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡiap̚⁴⁻³² i²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ i¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiap̚⁴⁻³² i²³/

Noun

業餘

1. free time; leisure; spare time

   曹老師業餘喜愛閱讀，尤愛讀傳記、歷史、經濟和國際時事書刊。 [MSC, trad.]
   曹老师业余喜爱阅读，尤爱读传记、历史、经济和国际时事书刊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cáo lǎoshī yèyú xǐ'ài yuèdú, yóu ài dú zhuànjì, lìshǐ, jīngjì hé guójì shíshì shūkān. [Pinyin]

   Teacher Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs.

Synonyms

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• 時間 / 时间 (shíjiān)
• 暇隙 (xiáxì)
• 空 (kòng)
• 空兒 / 空儿 (kòngr)
• 空暇 (kòngxiá)
• 空閒 / 空闲 (kòngxián)
• 美國時間 / 美国时间 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 閒工 / 闲工 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
• 閒工夫 / 闲工夫 (xiángōngfu)
• 閒手腳 / 闲手脚 (Hakka)
• 閒暇 / 闲暇 (xiánxiá)
• 閒神 / 闲神 (Hakka)
• 閒空 / 闲空 (xiánkòng)
• 餘暇 / 余暇 (yúxiá)
• 餘閒 / 余闲 (yúxián)

Adjective

業餘

1. (attributive) spare (time)

   他用他的業餘時間學習荷蘭文。 [MSC, trad.]
   他用他的业余时间学习荷兰文。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yòng tā de yèyú shíjiān xuéxí hélánwén. [Pinyin]

   He uses his spare time to study Dutch.

2. (attributive) amateur

   他是一個業餘歌手。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是一个业余歌手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì yī ge yèyú gēshǒu. [Pinyin]

   He's an amateur singer.

Derived terms

• 業餘大學 / 业余大学
• 業餘愛好 / 业余爱好 (yèyú àihào)
• 業餘教育 / 业余教育
• 業餘無線電 / 业余无线电 (yèyú wúxiàndiàn)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
業	餘

Noun

業餘

1. chữ Hán form of nghiệp dư (“amateur; non-professional”)