创业
Traditional: 創業
chuàng yè HSK 6

English Meaning

Categories

📚 Example Sentences

他决定自己创业。
Tā juédìng zìjǐ chuàngyè.
He decided to start his own business.
创业需要很多资金。
Chuàngyè xūyào hěn duō zījīn.
Starting a business requires a lot of capital.
年轻人喜欢创业。
Niánqīng rén xǐhuan chuàngyè.
Young people like to start businesses.
他想创业。
Tā xiǎng chuàngyè.
He wants to start a business.
创业很辛苦。
Chuàngyè hěn xīnkǔ.
Entrepreneurship is very hard.

💡 Memory Tip

Break the word into its characters: 创 (chuàng) means 'to create' or 'initiate,' and 业 (yè) means 'business' or 'enterprise.' Think of it as 'creating a business'—imagine someone starting a new venture from scratch, like launching a startup.

📝 Usage Notes

This word is neutral in formality and commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese. It appears frequently in contexts like business, economics, and personal development discussions, such as talking about starting a company, entrepreneurial spirit, or innovation-driven projects.

📖 Grammar Points

创业 can function as a verb (e.g., 他决定创业) or as a noun modifier (e.g., 创业经验). It is often used with auxiliary verbs like 想, 要, 开始, or 准备 to indicate intention or process, and can be part of serial verb constructions.

🏯 Cultural Notes

In modern Chinese culture, 创业 is highly encouraged and associated with economic growth, innovation, and personal success. It reflects societal values of hard work, risk-taking, and self-reliance, often promoted in media and policy as a path to prosperity and national development.

🔄 Similar Words

创业 differs from similar words like 创新 (chuàngxīn, 'to innovate'), which focuses on creating new ideas or methods, and 开办 (kāibàn, 'to open/establish'), which is more general for starting any institution. 创业 specifically implies entrepreneurial activity with commercial or social impact.

Master this word with quizzes, flashcards & more

Learn 创业 in CILI →

Related Words