<p>企业: <strong>enterprise/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation" rel="nofollow">corporation</a></strong>; business(only the organization, not the activity it engages in)</p>

<p>产业: <strong>industry</strong>; business(the activity but not the company/organization).</p>

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<li>eg. 软件产业=software industry/business, 房地产(业)=real estate (business)</li>
</ul>

<p>商业: <strong>commerce</strong>/commercial</p>

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<li>eg. 商业(的)银行=<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_bank" rel="nofollow">commercial bank</a>, 商业(的)软件=<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software" rel="nofollow">commercial software</a></li>
</ul>

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zypA13510
<p>产业 chan3 ye4 = industry</p>

<p>企业 qi3 ye4 = enterprise</p>

<p>商业 shang1 ye4 = business</p>

<p>Notice each of the words contain "业". That one character means business.</p>

<p>All three of the words mean business but different types of businesses based on size.</p>

<p>Kind of like bread, then branching off into wheat bread, white bread.</p>

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商业 is 'commerce/trade', not (the more general) 'business'. 企业 is a 'business' or an 'enterprise' (the organization, not the activity).
imrek
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joohee
<p>I agree with the translation of @jooshee.</p>

<p>However, “业” doesn't directly mean "business" as in the way the western world uses it. It only gains this meaning, when combined in ways like the ones in the question.</p>

<p>Classically, “业” means "to work" (verb) or "work" (noun) as becomes obvious form this 成语 ： “安居乐业” , which can be translated to "to live in peace and work happily".</p>

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coolpingu
<p>产业 vs 企业 vs 商业. I think the 3 of them means enterprise. What's the difference between them?</p>

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Which dictionaries did you check and what do they say?
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产业 vs 企业 vs 商业. What's the difference?
# 产业 vs 企业 vs 商业. What's the difference?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-06)

产业 vs 企业 vs 商业. I think the 3 of them means enterprise. What's the difference between them?

**Tags:** meaning, difference, meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Which dictionaries did you check and what do they say?  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-02-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

企业: **enterprise/[corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation)**; business(only the organization, not the activity it engages in)

产业: **industry**; business(the activity but not the company/organization).

* eg. 软件产业=software industry/business, 房地产(业)=real estate (business)

商业: **commerce**/commercial

* eg. 商业(的)银行=[commercial bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_bank), 商业(的)软件=[commercial software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-02-06. Score: 0

产业 chan3 ye4 = industry

企业 qi3 ye4 = enterprise

商业 shang1 ye4 = business

Notice each of the words contain "业". That one character means business.

All three of the words mean business but different types of businesses based on size.

Kind of like bread, then branching off into wheat bread, white bread.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: 商业 is 'commerce/trade', not (the more general) 'business'. 企业 is a 'business' or an 'enterprise' (the organization, not the activity).  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-02-09. Score: 0

I agree with the translation of @jooshee.

However, “业” doesn't directly mean "business" as in the way the western world uses it. It only gains this meaning, when combined in ways like the ones in the question.

Classically, “业” means "to work" (verb) or "work" (noun) as becomes obvious form this 成语 ： “安居乐业” , which can be translated to "to live in peace and work happily".


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