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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

副 fù
to assist, to supplement; assistant; secondary; auxiliary
radical 18 ⼑ · 11 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sideline”

WordPinyinMeaning
边线 (邊線)biān xiànsideline; foul line

Related words

Other words that share a character with 副业.

WordPinyinMeaning
副作用fù zuò yòngside effect
副教授fù jiào shòuassociate professor (university post)
副本fù běncopy; duplicate; transcript; (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission
副总裁 (副總裁)fù zǒng cáivice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company)
副校长 (副校長)fù xiào zhǎngvice-principal
副手fù shǒuassistant
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; 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.

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