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毕业生 (bì yè shēng) — graduate (person who has completed a course of study)

Definition

毕业生 is the noun 'a graduate' — the person who has already graduated. The verb 毕业 is the action 'to graduate'; once it's done, you call the person a 毕业生.

noun
graduate (person who has completed a course of study)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 毕业生。
    Zhè xiē bì yè shēng míng nián yào qù guó wài dú shū.
    These graduates are going abroad to study next year.
  • 毕业生。
    bì yè shēng Zhāo pìn huì lái le yì bǎi duō jiā gōng sī.
    Over a hundred companies came to the graduate job fair.
  • 毕业生。
    Tā shì wǒ men xué xiào zuì yōu xiù de bì yè shēng.
    She is the most outstanding graduate from our school.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

毕业graduate
毕bìcomplete业yèstudies
动宾Verb + object
生shēngperson

毕业 (finish studies) + 生 (person) gives someone who has finished studies.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 畢; 毕 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 畢 combines 田 (field) and 𠦒 (net), showing a net used for hunting in a field.

Open 毕 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

Open 生 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 4School & Education

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