| 1 | 企业 | 企業 | qǐ yè | qi3 ye4 | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; Classifiers: 家 | | |
| 2 | 农业 | 農業 | nóng yè | nong2 ye4 | agriculture; farming | | |
| 3 | 事业 | 事業 | shì yè | shi4 ye4 | undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 商业 | 商業 | shāng yè | shang1 ye4 | business; trade; commerce | | |
| 5 | 专业 | 專業 | zhuān yè | zhuan1 ye4 | specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; Classifiers: 门 ; professional | | |
| 6 | 业务 | 業務 | yè wù | ye4 wu4 | business; professional work; service; Classifiers: 项 | | |
| 7 | 行业 | 行業 | háng yè | hang2 ye4 | industry; business | | |
| 8 | 毕业 | 畢業 | bì yè | bi4 ye4 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | | |
| 9 | 产业 | 產業 | chǎn yè | chan3 ye4 | industry; estate; property; industrial | | |
| 10 | 业 | 業 | yè | Ye4 | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already; surname Ye | | |
| 11 | 手工业 | 手工業 | shǒu gōng yè | shou3 gong1 ye4 | handicraft | | |
| 12 | 作业 | 作業 | zuò yè | zuo4 ye4 | school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; Classifiers: 个 ; to operate | | |
| 13 | 就业 | 就業 | jiù yè | jiu4 ye4 | one's old profession; trade of one's forebears; to get a job; employment | | |
| 14 | 工农业 | 工農業 | gōng nóng yè | gong1 nong2 ye4 | industry and agriculture | | |
| 15 | 工业品 | 工業品 | gōng yè pǐn | gong1 ye4 pin3 | manufactured goods | | |
| 16 | 毕业生 | 畢業生 | bì yè shēng | bi4 ye4 sheng1 | graduate | | |
| 17 | 业余 | 業餘 | yè yú | ye4 yu2 | in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc) | | |
| 18 | 失业 | 失業 | shī yè | shi1 ye4 | unemployment; to lose one's job | | |
| 19 | 营业 | 營業 | yíng yè | ying2 ye4 | to do business; to trade | | |
| 20 | 工业化 | 工業化 | gōng yè huà | gong1 ye4 hua4 | to industrialize; industrialization | | |
| 21 | 轻工业 | 輕工業 | qīng gōng yè | qing1 gong1 ye4 | light industry | | |
| 22 | 林业 | 林業 | lín yè | lin2 ye4 | forest industry; forestry | | |
| 23 | 重工业 | 重工業 | zhòng gōng yè | zhong4 gong1 ye4 | heavy industry; manufacturing | | |
| 24 | 渔业 | 漁業 | yú yè | yu2 ye4 | fishing industry; fishery | | |
| 25 | 工商业 | 工商業 | gōng shāng yè | gong1 shang1 ye4 | business | | |