Chinese word dictionary

业余

yèyú · in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)

Word information

Simplified业余
Traditional業餘
Pinyinyèyú
Part of speech
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.05

How to learn 业余

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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