出 (chū): to go out, to come out, to arise, to occur, to produce, to yield
出 (chū) is a Chinese character meaning “to go out.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 屮 (structural) and 凵 (structural). It ranks #28 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 出 a sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵. Its radical form 凵 (open mouth) appears in many related characters such as 击 (jī, to hit), 凶 (xiōng, terrible), 凸 (tū, to stick out).
Definitions
- to go out
- to come out
- to arise
- to occur
- to produce
- to yield
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵
Decomposition: ⿱屮凵 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 出
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 出来verb | chū lái | to come out | 2 |
| 出去verb | chū qù | to go out | 2 |
| 出现verb | chū xiàn | to appear | 4 |
| 出色adjective | chū sè | remarkable | 5 |
| 出发verb | chū fā | to set off | 3 |
| 演出verb | yǎn chū | to act (in a play) | 4 |
| 出生verb | chū shēng | to be born | 3 |
| 付出verb | fù chū | to pay | 5 |
| 出租车noun | chū zū chē | taxi | 1 |
| 提出verb | tí chū | to raise (an issue) | 4 |
| 退出verb | tuì chū | to withdraw | 5 |
| 出口noun/verb | chū kǒu | an exit | 4 |
| 发出verb | fā chū | to issue (an order, decree etc) | 4 |
| 出于verb | chū yú | due to | 6 |
| 作出verb | zuò chū | to put out | 5 |
| 出席verb | chū xí | to attend | 5 |
| 出门verb | chū mén | to go out | 2 |
| 出版verb | chū bǎn | to publish | 5 |
| 出名adjective | chū míng | well-known for sth | 6 |
| 出场 | chū chǎng | (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform | 6 |
| 出售verb | chū shòu | to sell | 5 |
| 指出verb | zhǐ chū | to indicate | 4 |
| 杰出 | jié chū | outstanding | 6 |
| 出自verb | chū zì | to come from | 5 |
| 超出verb | chāo chū | to exceed | 5 |
| 出租verb | chū zū | to rent | 4 |
| 出差verb | chū chāi | to go on an official or business trip | 4 |
| 突出verb/adjective | tū chū | prominent | 5 |
| 出示verb | chū shì | to show | 6 |
| 外出verb | wài chū | to go out | 4 |
| 出入noun | chū rù | to go out and come in | 6 |
| 出院verb | chū yuàn | to leave hospital | 3 |
| 推出verb | tuī chū | to push out | 4 |
| 出境verb | chū jìng | to leave a country or region | 6 |
| 出行verb | chū xíng | to go out somewhere (relatively short trip) | 4 |
| 支出verb/noun | zhī chū | to spend | 6 |
| 展出verb | zhǎn chū | to put on display | 5 |
| 输出verb | shū chū | to output | 6 |
| 出游verb | chū yóu | to go on a tour | 6 |
| 出力verb | chū lì | to exert oneself | 6 |
| 产出verb | chǎn chū | to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) | 6 |
| 派出所noun | pài chū suǒ | local police station | 5 |
出 appears in 100 compound words: 71 as the first character, 28 as the last, and 1 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 出 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (49)
words flow from the mouth as from the pen of a master; to speak eloquently
Showing 12 of 49 idioms containing 出.
Example Sentences
出字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
chū zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "出" has different usages in different contexts.
组图:太阳风暴来袭时 出现令人惊叹的极光
zǔ tú : tài yáng fēng bào lái xí shí chū xiàn lìng rén jīng tàn de jí guāng
Picture: Stunning aurora appears when a solar storm hits
出入珠海港车量 单日新高1.54万辆
chū rù zhū hǎi gǎng chē liàng dān rì xīn gāo 1 . 5 4 wàn liàng
The number of vehicles entering and leaving Zhuhai Port reached a new high of 15,400 vehicles in a single day
柴火灶里烧出的“团聚”,藏着最浓的奉贤年味丨有一种....
chái huǒ zào lǐ shāo chū de tuán jù , zàng zhe zuì nóng de fèng xián nián wèi 丨 yǒu yī zhǒng . . . .
The "reunion" burned in the wood stove hides the strongest Fengxian New Year's flavor丨There is a kind....
美国12月实际个人消费支出月率 0.1%,预期0...
měi guó 1 2 yuè shí jì gè rén xiāo fèi zhī chū yuè lǜ 0 . 1 , yù qī 0 . . .
The monthly rate of real personal consumption expenditures in the United States was 0.1%, and the expected 0...
跨区出行需求活跃,冬奥会带火冰雪旅游热
kuà qū chū háng xū qiú huó yuè , dōng ào huì dài huǒ bīng xuě lǚ yóu rè
The demand for cross-regional travel is active, and the Winter Olympics will bring fire to ice and snow tourism
我出去的时候有人打我电话吗？
Wǒ chūqù de shíhou yǒurén dǎ wǒ diànhuà ma?
Did anyone call me while I was out?
演出什么时候开始？
Yǎnchū shénme shíhou kāishǐ?
What time does the play begin?
今晚出去吃怎么样？
Jīnwǎn chūqù chī zěnmeyàng?
How about going out to eat tonight?
你竟然做出那样的事来，你还是人吗？
Nǐ jìngrán zuòchū nàyàng de shì lái, nǐ háishi rén ma?
It is wicked of you to do such things.
Character Family
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