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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 业余
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 业余 | yè yú | - in one's spare time - outside working hours - amateur (historian etc) |
List Ranking for: 业余
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 4,395 | 6,093 | 11,338 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 业 | yè | - surname Ye |
| 业 | yè | - line of business - industry - occupation - job - employment - school studies - enterprise - property - (Buddhism) karma - deed - to engage in - already |
| 余 | yú | - surname Yu |
| 余 | yú | - (literary) I; me - variant of 餘|余[yu2] |
| 余 | yú | - extra - surplus - remaining - remainder after division - (following numerical value) or more - in excess of (some number) - residue (math.) - after - I - me |
Other Words Containing 业余
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 业余 | 5 | 5 | 4,395 | 6,093 | 11,338 |