業業

Chinese
business; occupation; study business; occupation; study
trad. (業業) 業 業
simp. (业业) 业 业

Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 業
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngjæp ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ŋ](r)[a]p/
English strong, sturdy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 業
Reading # 1/1
No. 14819
Phonetic
component		 業
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 業
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋab/

Adjective

業業

  1. (literary) fearful; apprehensive
    有邦兢兢業業，一日二日萬幾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    有邦兢兢业业，一日二日万几。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
    Yǒu bāng jīngjīngyèyè, yīrì èr rì wànjī. [Pinyin]
    Let him be wary and fearful, (remembering that) in one day or two days there may occur ten thousand springs of things.
  2. (literary) lofty; large
    戎車既駕，四牡業業。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    戎车既驾，四牡业业。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Róng chē jì jià, sì mǔ yèyè. [Pinyin]
    His war carriage is yoked; The four steeds are lofty.
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