Chinese symbol for “graduation”
毕业
bì yè
Traditional: 畢業
graduation; to graduate; to finish school
The closest CC-CEDICT match for graduation is 毕业 (bì yè), defined as: graduation; to graduate; to finish school.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “graduation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 毕业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毕竟 (畢竟) | bì jìng | after all; all in all |
| 毕业生 (畢業生) | bì yè shēng | graduate |
| 完毕 (完畢) | wán bì | to finish; to end |
| 毕生 (畢生) | bì shēng | one's whole life; throughout one's life |
| 毕业典礼 (畢業典禮) | bì yè diǎn lǐ | graduation ceremony; commencement exercises |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “graduation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.