出 chū go out
go out; to emerge
How to remember 出: 屮 sprout + 凵 pit = go out. A green sprout pushes up from the bottom of a muddy pit until it can finally go out into the sun.
Component breakdown
出 = 屮 sprout + 凵 pit
- 屮 sprout
- 凵 pit
A green sprout pushes up from the bottom of a muddy pit until it can finally go out into the sun.
How it came to be
A footprint stepping up and out of a pit. The foot is above the rim and pointing away: somebody is leaving the hollow they were in.
How it is used
- Out - 出去 (chūqù) go out, 出来 (chūlái) come out, 出门 (chūmén) leave the house.
- On a verb it marks emerging or figuring out - 看出 (kànchū) make out, 想出 (xiǎngchū) think up, 拿出 (náchū) take out.
Characters built with 出
Words with 出
- 出租车chūzūchētaxiHSK 1
- 出去chūqùto go outHSK 2
- 出国chūguóto go abroadHSK 2
- 出来chūláito come outHSK 2
- 出门chūménto go outHSK 2
- 出发chūfāstart outHSK 3
- 出生chūshēngbe bornHSK 3
- 出院chūyuànto leave hospitalHSK 3
- 出现chūxiànappearHSK 4
- 演出yǎnchūto act (in a play)HSK 4
- 出差chū chāigo on a business tripHSK 4
- 出口chūkǒuan exitHSK 4
- 出租chūzūto rentHSK 4
- 出行chūxíngto go out somewhere (relatively short trip)HSK 4
- 发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc)HSK 4
- 外出wàichūto go outHSK 4
- 指出zhǐchūto indicateHSK 4
- 推出tuīchūto push outHSK 4
- 提出tíchūto raise (an issue)HSK 4
- 付出fùchūto payHSK 5
- 作出zuòchūto put outHSK 5
- 出售chūshòuto sellHSK 5
- 出席chūxíto attendHSK 5
- 出版chūbǎnto publishHSK 5
- 出自chūzìto come fromHSK 5
- 出色chūsèremarkableHSK 5
- 展出zhǎnchūto put on displayHSK 5
- 派出所pàichūsuǒlocal police stationHSK 5
- 突出tūchūprominentHSK 5
- 超出chāochūto exceedHSK 5
- 退出tuìchūto withdrawHSK 5
- 产出chǎnchūto produceHSK 6
- 出于chūyúdue toHSK 6
- 出入chūrùto go out and come inHSK 6
- 出力chūlìto exert oneselfHSK 6
- 出名chūmíngwell-known for somethingHSK 6
- 出场chūchǎngto come onto the stage to performHSK 6
- 出境chūjìngto leave a country or regionHSK 6
- 出游chūyóuto go on a tourHSK 6
- 出示chūshìto showHSK 6
Example sentences
- 汽车出问题了。 Qìchē chū wèntí le.There's something wrong with the car.
- 我们去海边看日出。 Wǒmen qù hǎibiān kàn rìchū.We went to the beach to see the sunrise.
- 他怀疑事情出了问题。 Tā huáiyí shìqing chūle wèntí.He suspects something has gone wrong.
- 他们出的价我十分满意 tā men chū de jià wǒ shí fēn mǎn yìThey made an offer which i could n't refuse .