業餘

See also: 业余

Chinese

business; occupation; study remainder
trad. (業餘) 業 餘
simp. (业余) 业 余

Pronunciation


Noun

業餘

  1. free time; leisure; spare time
    曹老師業餘喜愛閱讀,尤愛讀傳記、歷史、經濟和國際時事書刊。 [MSC, trad.]
    曹老师业余喜爱阅读,尤爱读传记、历史、经济和国际时事书刊。 [MSC, simp.]
    Cáo lǎoshī yèyú xǐ'ài yuèdú, yóu ài dú zhuànjì, lìshǐ, jīngjì hé guójì shíshì shūkān. [Pinyin]
    Teacher Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs.

Synonyms

Adjective

業餘

  1. (attributive) spare (time)
    他用他的業餘時間學習荷蘭文。 [MSC, trad.]
    他用他的业余时间学习荷兰文。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yòng tā de yèyú shíjiān xuéxí hélánwén. [Pinyin]
    He uses his spare time to study Dutch.
  2. (attributive) amateur
    他是一個業餘歌手。 [MSC, trad.]
    他是一个业余歌手。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì yī ge yèyú gēshǒu. [Pinyin]
    He's an amateur singer.

Derived terms

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