业余 yèyú▶ amatir

Stroke order

业余 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 业 — 5 strokes
• 余 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. in one's spare time
2. outside working hours
3. amateur (historian etc)

Related words

• 业务bisnis; usaha
• 企业perusahaan
• 其余Istirahat
• 农业Pertanian
• 商业bisnis; usaha
• 多余surplus

业余 is pronounced yèyú and means “amatir”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 业余 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.