# 畢業
## Chinese
### Etymology

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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bìyè
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi$^2$ nyie$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat$^1$ jip$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bit$^2$ ngiap$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bit$^6$ nyiet$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pit-ngia̍p
    (Hailu, HRS): bid ngiab$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bid$^5$ ngiab$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bieh$^4$ ieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): bĭ-ngiè
* Eastern Min (BUC): bék-ngiĕk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih$^6$ gieh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pit-gia̍p / pi̍t-gia̍p
    (Teochew, Peng'im): big$^8$ ngiab$^8$ / biag$^8$ ngiab$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$piq-gniq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi$^6$ nyie$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bìyè
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bìyè
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$-yeh$^4$
*** Yale: bì-yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyeh
*** Palladius: бие (bije)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bi$^2$ nyie$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: binie
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹ nʲiɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ jip$^6$
*** Yale: bāt yihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ jip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ yib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bit$^2$ ngiap$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pit̚⁵⁵ ᵑɡiap̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bit$^6$ nyiet$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pit̚⁵ n̠ʲiɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-ngia̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: bid$^ˋ$ ngiab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bid$^5$ ngiab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /pit̚² ŋi̯ap̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bid ngiab$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pit⁵⁻² ŋiap²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bid$^5$ ngiab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /pit̚¹ ŋiap̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bieh$^4$ ieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /piəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ iəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ-ngiè
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²⁴ ŋiɛ⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bék-ngiĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋieʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^6$ gieh$^7$ [Phonetic: bih$^7$ gieh$^7$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bih-gia̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ kiɛʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^6$ gieh$^7$ [Phonetic: bih$^7$ gieh$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ²⁻²⁴ kiɛʔ²⁴/
* 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: big$^8$ ngiab$^8$ / biag$^8$ ngiab$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pi̍k ngia̍p / pia̍k ngia̍p
*** Sinological IPA : /pik̚⁴⁻² ŋiap̚⁴/, /piak̚⁴⁻² ŋiap̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$piq-gniq
*** MiniDict: pih$^入$ nyih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$piq-nyiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: bi$^6$ nyie$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²⁴ n̠ʲi̯e̞²⁴/

### Verb

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
       Wǒ qùnián zhōngxué bìyè le. [Pinyin]
       I graduated from high school last year.
       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
       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

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

* 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)

#### Derived terms

* 畢業典禮 / 毕业典礼 (bìyè diǎnlǐ)
* 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)