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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:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 4 4,395 6,093 11,338

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Ye
- line of business
- industry
- occupation
- job
- employment
- school studies
- enterprise
- property
- (Buddhism) karma
- deed
- to engage in
- already
- surname Yu
- (literary) I; me
- variant of 餘|余[yu2]
- 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 (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
业余 5 4 4,395 6,093 11,338