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毕业 (bì yè): meaning and stroke order

毕业 (bì yè) means graduation, to graduate, to finish school.

毕业

Simplified
毕业
Traditional
畢業
Pinyin
bì yè

Stroke order of 毕业

毕

  • Bì surname Bi
  • bì the whole of; to finish
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 畢

Stroke by stroke

业

  • Yè surname Ye
  • yè line of business; industry
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 業

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 毕业

  1. bì yè Traditional 畢業
    • graduation
    • to graduate
    • to finish school

Radicals of the characters

毕
Radical 比 (Kangxi radical 81) · 6 strokes · 比 on top, 十 below
业
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 5 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

毕业 in our stories

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  • 大学毕业以后，蒋悦离开了老家，一个人到成都工作。

    dàxué bìyè yǐhòu Jiǎng Yuè líkāi le lǎojiā yí gè rén dào Chéngdū gōngzuò

    After graduating, Jiang Yue left her hometown and went to Chengdu alone to work.

    From the story No chilli, please HSK 4

  • 大学毕业那年，沈佳去了加拿大读研究生，两个人之间差了十二个小时。

    dàxué bìyè nà nián Shěn Jiā qù le Jiānádà dú yánjiūshēng liǎng gè rén zhījiān chà le shí'èr gè xiǎoshí

    The year they graduated, Shen Jia went to Canada for a master's degree, twelve hours apart.

    From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4

  • 谢晨和冯宁是大学同学，毕业以后，两个人一起辞掉了工作，决定自己创业。

    Xiè Chén hé Féng Níng shì dàxué tóngxué bìyè yǐhòu liǎng gè rén yìqǐ cídiào le gōngzuò juédìng zìjǐ chuàngyè

    Xie Chen and Feng Ning had been at university together. After graduating, they both quit their jobs to start their own business.

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

Stories using 毕业

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).