HSK 6 · Work

创业 chuàngyè “to start a business” in Chinese

Traditional 創業

What 创业 means

  1. to start a business
  2. to found an enterprise
  3. to begin an undertaking
  4. to start an enterprise
  5. entrepreneurship

How to say 创业

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale创chuàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale业yè4th tone, falling

创业 in a sentence

  1. 大学毕业后，他决定自己创业。

    Dàxué bìyè hòu, tā juédìng zìjǐ chuàngyè.

    After graduating from university, he decided to start his own business.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 创业很辛苦，但也很有意思。

    Chuàngyè hěn xīnkǔ, dàn yě hěn yǒuyìsi.

    Starting a business is hard work, but it’s also very interesting.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 创业 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 创 (chuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
创chuàngto initiate; to create; to achieve
  • 仓granary · cāngSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 仓 (cāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuàng.

The character 业 (yè) drawn as one shape
业yèline of business

业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 创业

创 6 strokes · 业 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

创业 (chuàngyè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 创业 (chuàngyè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 创业

Words with 创

创造chuàngzào · to create创立chuànglì · to found创新chuàngxīn · innovation创作chuàngzuò · to create

Words with 业

作业zuòyè · school assignment毕业bìyè · graduation专业zhuānyè · major (at university)职业zhíyè · occupation业余yèyú · spare-time工业gōngyè · industry农业nóngyè · agriculture企业qǐyè · company商业shāngyè · business失业shīyè · unemployment

More words: Work & Career

承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract筹备chóubèi · to prepare创立chuànglì · to found搭档dādàng · partner代理dàilǐ · to act on behalf of档案dàng'àn · file调动diàodòng · to transfer

FAQs

创业 (chuàngyè) means “to start a business” or “to found an enterprise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuàngyè: chuàng with a 4th tone, then yè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 创业 is written 創業. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuangye with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 创业 from the suggestions. Typing chuangye into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
创业 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.