畢業

See also: 毕业

Chinese

		the whole of; to finish; to complete the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished	business; occupation; study
trad. (畢業)		畢	業
simp. (毕业)		毕	业

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìyè

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jip⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-ngia̍p
Min Nan (POJ): pit-gia̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bìyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jip⁶
  - Yale: bāt yihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yib⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-ngia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: bid` ngiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ ngiab⁶
  - IPA: /pit̚² ɲi̯ap̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-gia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: pit-gia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitgiap
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ giap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ giap̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ giap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ giap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ giap̚⁴/

Verb

畢業

to graduate; to finish school

我去年中學畢業了。 [MSC, trad.]
我去年中学毕业了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ qùnián zhōngxué bìyè le. [Pinyin]
I graduated from high school last year.

Usage notes

Unlike its English equivalent graduate, 畢業／毕业 implies not only an event but a state. Note the following example sentence:

我畢業兩年了。 / 我毕业两年了。 ― Wǒ bìyè liǎng nián le. ― I graduated two years ago.

Literally: "I have graduated for two years."

Noun

畢業

graduation

畢業以來 / 毕业以来 ― bìyè yǐlái ― since graduation

Synonyms

(literary) 卒業／卒业 (zúyè)
(Min Nan) 出業／出业

Derived terms

畢業典禮／毕业典礼
畢業式／毕业式
畢業旅行／毕业旅行
畢業歌／毕业歌

畢業生／毕业生 (bìyèshēng)
畢業考試／毕业考试
畢業論文／毕业论文 (bìyè lùnwén)
畢業證書／毕业证书 (bìyè zhèngshū)

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