| 事业 | shì yè | undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 企业 | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; Classifiers: 家 | |
| 农业 | nóng yè | agriculture; farming | |
| 工业 | gōng yè | industry | |
| 业务 | yè wù | business; professional work; service; Classifiers: 项 |
| 1 | I need to do my homework. | |
| 2 | Today I want to do homework. | |
| 3 | The restaurant has just opened. | |
| 4 | He wrote his homework for half a day. | |
| 5 | He just graduated not long ago. |
