What does 业余 mean?
业余
amateur
It can also mean
- spare time; after-hours
Its characters
- 业 line of business
- 余 surplus
In a sentence
他是一名业余摄影师。 He is an amateur photographer.
周有光推辞说，自己只是个业余爱好者，得到的回答却是：“这是一项新工作，大家都是业余的。
From 拼音是谁发明的？ · Who invented pinyin? The story of Zhou Youguang
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