See also: 毕业

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Note: biag8 ngiab8 - Jieyang.

Verb

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畢⫽業 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. 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
    去年中學畢業 [MSC, trad.]
    去年中学毕业 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ qùnián zhōngxué bìyè le. [Pinyin]
    I graduated from high school last year.
    畢業仍然同學保持聯繫 [MSC, trad.]
    毕业仍然同学保持联系 [MSC, simp.]
    Bìyè hòu, tā réngrán yǔ tóngxué bǎochí liánxì. [Pinyin]
    He still keeps in touch with his classmates after graduation.
  2. (Japanese entertainment fandom slang) to graduate (to leave a group)
  3. (figurative, business) to quit [a job]; to be fired
    京東工作畢業 [MSC, trad.]
    京东工作毕业 [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

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

畢業毕业  ―  bìyè liǎng nián le.  ―  I graduated two years ago.

Literally: "I have graduated for two years."

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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