樂業

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	business; occupation; study
trad. (樂業)		樂	業
simp. (乐业)		乐	业

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lèyè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ jip⁶ / ngaau⁶ jip⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-ngia̍p
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-gia̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lèyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lèyè
  - Wade–Giles: lê⁴-yeh⁴
  - Yale: lè-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehyeh
  - Palladius: лэе (lɛje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ jip⁶ / ngaau⁶ jip⁶
  - Yale: lohk yihp / ngaauh yihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ jip⁹ / ngaau⁶ jip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ yib⁶ / ngao⁶ yib⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² jiːp̚²/, /ŋaːu̯²² jiːp̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-ngia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: log ngiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ ngiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ ŋi̯ap̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-gia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-gia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loggiap
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡiap̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡiap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/

Verb

樂業

(literary) to be content with one's duties and willing to serve; to like one's job

Derived terms

安居樂業 / 安居乐业 (ānjūlèyè)

Proper noun

樂業

(～縣) Leye (a county of Baise, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(～鎮) Leye (a town in Songbei district, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)