产出 chǎnchū to produce
to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc); output
How to remember 产出: 产 to give birth + 出 go out = to produce.
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How it is used
- Output/to produce - 投入产出比 (tóurù chǎnchū bǐ) the input-output ratio.
- 产出 is the economic 'output/yield' (as a result of input); 生产 (shēngchǎn) is the act of producing/manufacturing.
- Used in productivity/economics: 提高产出 to raise output.
- Contrast 投入 (input): 高投入高产出 high investment, high return.