畢業

See also: 毕业

Chinese edit

		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

Etymology edit

The Japanese entertainment/fandom slang meaning of "to graduate (to leave a group)" is a Semantic loan from Japanese 卒(そつ)業(ぎょう) (sotsugyō).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bìyè

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi² nyie²
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jip⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): bit⁶ nyiet⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pit-ngia̍p

(Meixian, Guangdong): bid⁵ ngiab⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): bieh⁴ ieh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): bĭ-ngiè
Eastern Min (BUC): bék-ngiĕk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pit-gia̍p / pi̍t-gia̍p

(Teochew, Peng'im): big⁸ ngiab⁸ / biag⁸ ngiab⁸
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷piq-gniq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi⁶ nyie⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìyè
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-yeh⁴
  - Yale: bì-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyeh
  - Palladius: бие (bije)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bi² nyie²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: binie
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹ nʲiɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jip⁶
  - Yale: bāt yihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yib⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bit⁶ nyiet⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pit̚⁵ n̠ʲiɛt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-ngia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: bid` ngiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ ngiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pit̚² ŋi̯ap̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bid⁵ ngiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pit̚¹ ŋiap̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bieh⁴ ieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /piəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ iəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ-ngiè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴ ŋiɛ⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bék-ngiĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋieʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-gia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: pit-gia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitgiap
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡiap̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ ɡiap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t-gia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍t-gia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pidgiap
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Philippines): /pit̚²⁴⁻² ɡiap̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: big⁸ ngiab⁸ / biag⁸ ngiab⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pi̍k ngia̍p / pia̍k ngia̍p
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pik̚⁴⁻² ŋiap̚⁴/, /piak̚⁴⁻² ŋiap̚⁴/

Note: biag8 ngiab8 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷piq-gniq
  - MiniDict: pih^入 nyih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq-nyiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bi⁶ nyie⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴ n̠ʲi̯e̞²⁴/

Verb edit

畢⫽業 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to graduate; to finish school
畢業典禮／毕业典礼 ― bìyè diǎnlǐ ― graduation ceremony; commencement

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

延期畢業／延期毕业 ― yánqī bìyè ― to defer graduation

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.

畢業後，他仍然與同學保持聯繫。 [MSC, trad.]
毕业后，他仍然与同学保持联系。 [MSC, simp.]
Bìyè hòu, tā réngrán yǔ tóngxué bǎochí liánxì. [Pinyin]
He still keeps in touch with his classmates after graduation.
(Japanese entertainment fandom slang) to graduate (to leave a group)
(figurative, business) to quit [a job]; to be fired
歡歡：在京東工作五年，一周內「畢業」 [MSC, trad.]
欢欢：在京东工作五年，一周内「毕业」 [MSC, simp.]
Huānhuān: zài Jīngdōng gōngzuò wǔ nián, yī zhōu nèi “bìyè” [Pinyin]
Huanhuan: Worked for JD.com for five years and "stepped down" within a week.

Usage notes edit

Unlike its English equivalent graduate, 畢業／毕业 (bìyè) 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."

Synonyms edit

出業／出业 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
卒業／卒业 (zúyè) (literary)
完成學業／完成学业 (wánchéng xuéyè)
結束學習／结束学习 (jiéshù xuéxí)

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