How to say “life's work” in Chinese
life's work, career
“Life's work” in Chinese is 事业, shì yè: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
事业 is read shì yè: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “事业”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 事业. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 她的事业很成功。tādeshìyèhěnchénggōngShe has a very successful career.
- 他把全部时间都用在事业上tābǎquánbùshíjiāndōuyòngzàishìyèshangHe devotes all his time to his career.
- 他继承了父亲的事业tājìchénglefùqīndeshìyèHe carried on his father’s work.
- 他们开创了自己的事业tāmenkāichuànglezìjǐdeshìyèThey started their own venture.
- 他把一生都奉献给了教育事业tābǎyìshēngdōufèngxiàngěilejiàoyùshìyèHe devoted his whole life to education.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “life's work” in Chinese?
“Life's work” in Chinese is 事业, pinyin shìyè.
What does 事业 mean?
事业 (shìyè) means “life's work, career”.
How do you write 事业?
事业 is 2 characters: 事 (shì) — matter, affair; 业 (yè) — business, occupation. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 事业?
事业 is read shìyè. Tones: shì — fourth tone, yè — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“life's work” in the lesson “Life's work”
This word is from the topic “Work” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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