Meaning of 毕业
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- graduation
- to graduate
- to finish school
How to use 毕业
毕业 works as a verb meaning to graduate and also as a noun for graduation. To say where you graduated from, use 从...毕业 or put the school before it: 我去年从北京大学毕业了。(Wǒ qùnián cóng Běijīng Dàxué bìyè le.) I graduated from Peking University last year.
毕 (bì) means to finish or complete, and 业 (yè) means studies or a course of work, the same 业 you see in 作业 (zuòyè) homework and 专业 (zhuānyè) major. When you finish your 业, you 毕业.
Common mistake: Learners often say 我毕业大学 to mean I graduated from university. Natural Chinese is 我大学毕业了 or 我从大学毕业了, because 毕业 does not normally take the school as a direct object in standard speech.
毕业 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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毕 bì · to finish · 6 strokes
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业 yè · line of business · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 毕业.
| 作业 | zuòyè | school assignment; homework |
| 事业 | shìyè | undertaking; project |
| 专业 | zhuānyè | specialty; specialized field |
| 职业 | zhíyè | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |
| 商业 | shāngyè | business; trade |
| 工业 | gōngyè | industry |
| 农业 | nóngyè | agriculture; farming |
| 开业 | kāiyè | to open a business; to open a practice |
| 就业 | jiùyè | to get a job; employment |
| 创业 | chuàngyè | to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship |
| 企业 | qǐyè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation |
| 行业 | hángyè | trade; profession; industry; business |
Questions about 毕业
What does 毕业 mean?
毕业 (bìyè) means "graduation; to graduate".
How do you write 毕业?
毕业 is made of 2 characters: 毕 (6 strokes), 业 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 毕业 an HSK word?
Yes. 毕业 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 毕业 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 毕业 is written 畢業.
How do you say graduate student or new graduate in Chinese?
A recent graduate is 毕业生 (bìyèshēng). A graduate student is 研究生 (yánjiūshēng), which uses a different word entirely.
What is the difference between 毕业 and 结业?
毕业 means you completed a full degree or school program and earned a diploma. 结业 (jiéyè) means you finished a shorter course or training program, usually without a formal degree.