Usage note
毕业表示完成学业并离开学校。
bì yè biǎo shì wán chéng xué yè bìng lí kāi xué xiào。
Graduate means finishing studies and leaving school.
Context note
毕业常出现在学校、照片和人生变化里。
bì yè cháng chū xiàn zài xué xiào 、 zhào piàn hé rén shēng biàn huà lǐ。
Graduation often appears in school, photos, and life changes.
5 examples
他今年毕业。
tā jīn nián bì yè。
He graduates this year.
毕业以后去哪里？
bì yè yǐ hòu qù nǎ lǐ？
Where will you go after graduation?
我们要毕业了。
wǒ men yào bì yè le。
We are going to graduate.
毕业照很好看。
bì yè zhào hěn hǎo kàn。
The graduation photo looks very nice.
她毕业后去工作。
tā bì yè hòu qù gōng zuò。
She went to work after graduating.
5 mini stories
毕业那天，全班一起拍照留念。
bì yè nà tiān， quán bān yì qǐ pāi zhào liú niàn。
On graduation day, the whole class took a photo together as a memory.
老师说毕业不代表学习结束。
lǎo shī shuō bì yè bú dài biǎo xué xí jié shù。
The teacher said graduation does not mean learning is over.
我想毕业以后继续学更多东西。
wǒ xiǎng bì yè yǐ hòu jì xù xué gèng duō dōng xī。
After graduation, I want to continue learning more things.
毕业的时候，大家都舍不得离开班级。
bì yè de shí hòu， dà jiā dōu shè bù dé lí kāi bān jí。
At graduation, everyone was reluctant to leave the class.
她毕业后去了新的城市。
tā bì yè hòu qù le xīn de chéng shì。
After graduating, she went to a new city.
Mini dialogue
毕业心情
A
我们明年就要毕业了。
Wǒmen míngnián jiù yào bìyè le.
We will graduate next year.
B
是啊，毕业以后我会想念大家的。
Shì a, bìyè yǐhòu wǒ huì xiǎngniàn dàjiā de.
Yes, I will miss everyone after graduation.
毕业礼物
A
姐姐毕业了，我们送她什么礼物？
Jiějie bìyè le, wǒmen sòng tā shénme lǐwù?
Sister graduated, what gift should we give her?
B
送她一本漂亮的笔记本吧。
Sòng tā yī běn piàoliang de bǐjìběn ba.
Let's give her a pretty notebook.
Related words and contrasts
opposite
入学
rù xué
start school
毕业 means to finish school, while 入学 means to enter school.
similar
结业
jié yè
complete a course
Both mean finishing studies, but 毕业 is for graduating from a school, while 结业 is often for shorter courses.