Chinese symbol for “undertaking”
事业
shì yè
Traditional: 事業
undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
The closest CC-CEDICT match for undertaking is 事业 (shì yè), defined as: undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “undertaking”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
| 约定 (約定) | yuē dìng | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 事业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 事实 (事實) | shì shí | fact; 个 (gè) |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “undertaking”.
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.