Postsecondary describes school after you have finished high school. University is postsecondary. So is a two-year college, and so is job training that starts once secondary school is behind you.

Postsecondary describes schoolPostsecondary指的是求學階段， after you have finished high school是在你高中畢業之後的。 University is postsecondary大學就是postsecondary（高中後教育）。 So is a two-year college兩年制的學院也是， and so is job training that starts once secondary school is behind you高中結束後才開始的職業訓練也算。

The word is at home in North America, especially Canada, where “post-secondary education” is the usual official phrase; you may see the hyphen. In Britain people more often say higher education or further education. You will meet it on forms, government pages, and school advice, not in chat with friends.

The word is at home in North America, especially Canada這個字在北美，尤其是加拿大，用得很自然， where “post-secondary education” is the usual official phrase在那裡「post-secondary education」是常見的官方用語； you may see the hyphen你可能會看到中間有連字號。 In Britain people more often say higher education or further education在英國，人們更常說higher education或further education。 You will meet it on forms, government pages, and school advice你會在表格、政府網頁、學校的建議資料上遇到它， not in chat with friends但不會出現在跟朋友的閒聊裡。

Secondary is the high-school stage; postsecondary is what comes next.

Secondary is the high-school stagesecondary指的是高中階段； postsecondary is what comes nextpostsecondary則是接下來的階段。

Though actually, it is not the same as postgraduate. Postgraduate is after you already have a first university degree. Postsecondary begins as soon as high school is over, even if you never go to a university at all.

Though actually不過其實， it is not the same as postgraduate它跟postgraduate是不一樣的。 Postgraduate is after you already have a first university degreepostgraduate是指你已經拿到第一個大學學位之後。 Postsecondary begins as soon as high school is overpostsecondary則是高中一結束就開始， even if you never go to a university at all就算你完全沒有去讀大學也一樣算。