业 (業)

  1. noun business; industry
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 行业 (CCD 1 '业' 1; FE '業' 1)
  2. adverb immediately
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 即 (GHDC '业' 9)
  3. noun activity; actions
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '業' 1a, p. 539)
  4. noun order; sequence
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '業' 4, p. 539)
  5. verb to continue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '業' 4a, p. 539)
  6. verb to start; to create
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '業' 7, p. 539)
  7. noun karma
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 1 '业' 6; GHDC '业' 11; Kroll 2015 '業' 9, p. 539)
  8. noun hereditary trade; legacy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '業' 1, p. 539)
  9. noun a course of study; training
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 学业 in this sense (CCD 1 '业' 3; GHDC '业' 4; Kroll 2015 '業' 1 b, p. 539)
  10. noun a cause; an undertaking; an enterprise; an achievment; a pursuit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 事业 or 功业 in this sense (CCD 1 '业' 4; Kroll 2015 '業' 3, p. 539)
  11. noun an estate; a property
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 产业 in this sense (CCD 1 '业' 5; FE '業' 2; GHDC '业' 7; Kroll 2015 '業' 2, p. 539)
  12. noun an achievement
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '業' 3a, p. 539)
  13. verb to engage in
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 从事 in this sense (CCD 1 '业' 7).
  14. proper noun Ye
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD 1 '业' 8)
  15. adverb already
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Indicating a completed action; synomomous with 已经 in this sense (CCD 2 '业'; FE '業' 3; Kroll 2015 '業' 6, p. 539)
  16. noun a horizontal board
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As part of a frame or for writing on (Kroll 2015 '業' 8, p. 539)
  17. noun an occupation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 职业; for example, 安居乐乐业 'to live with joy and be content in one's work' (CCD 1 '业' 2; FE '業' 1; GHDC '业' 4)
  18. noun a kind of musical instrument
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In ancient times (GHDC '业' 1)
  19. noun a book
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In ancient times (GHDC '业' 3)
  20. noun karma; kamma; karmic deeds; actions
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: karma, or: kārya, Pali: kamma, Japanese: gō, Tibetan: las; used in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism to literally mean 'actions,' all of which affirm the consequences will certainly follow from all actions, either in this life or a future life (BCSD '業', p. 660; BL 'karman', pp. 420-421; FGDB '業'; JEBD 'Gō'; Heehs 2002, p. 59-60; Mahāvyutpatti 'karma'; MW 'kārya'; SH '業', p. 403)

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