Chinese symbol for “sideline”
副业
fù yè
Traditional: 副業
sideline; side occupation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sideline is 副业 (fù yè), defined as: sideline; side occupation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sideline”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 副业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 副作用 | fù zuò yòng | side effect |
| 副教授 | fù jiào shòu | associate professor (university post) |
| 副本 | fù běn | copy; duplicate; transcript; (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission |
| 副总裁 (副總裁) | fù zǒng cái | vice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company) |
| 副校长 (副校長) | fù xiào zhǎng | vice-principal |
| 副手 | fù shǒu | assistant |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sideline”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.