毕业

• 拼音: bì yè
• 汉字拆解: 毕 = simplified from 畢, meaning finish/complete; 业 = simplified from 業, meaning studies/profession

含义

To graduate; graduation. Completing a course of study at a school or university.

Used for graduating from any educational institution — primary school, middle school, high school, or university. Often followed by 于 or 从 to indicate the institution. Also used figuratively to mean finishing or completing a phase, though this is informal.

例句

1. 她明年六月就要从大学毕业了。
2. 毕业以后你打算做什么工作？
3. 他是去年毕业的，现在已经在一家大公司上班了。

用法指南

语境: education, career

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 祝你毕业快乐！(Congratulations on your graduation!)
• 他毕业于北京大学。(He graduated from Peking University.)

错误说法

• 说'我毕业了这门课' (Don't say 毕业了这门课 for finishing a single course — 毕业 means completing an entire programme; use 学完 or 修完 for individual courses)

起源与历史

A compound of 毕 (finish, complete) and 业 (studies, profession). Together they mean to complete one's course of study.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal