出
to go out; exit; come out
HSK level
- Pinyin
- chū
- Part of speech
- verb
- Level
- HSK 2
- Strokes
- 5
- Register
- neutral
Stroke order for 出
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What does 出 mean?
出 (chū) means 'to go out / come out / exit' — the directional opposite of 进 (jìn, 'enter').
On its own it can be a full verb (太阳出来了 'the sun has come out'), but it most commonly appears as a directional complement attached to other verbs to mark outward motion: 走出 ('walk out'), 跑出 ('run out'), 拿出 ('take out'), 说出 ('speak out / utter'). Adding 来 or 去 specifies direction relative to the speaker: 出来 ('come out — toward me') vs 出去 ('go out — away from me'). 出 also appears in countless high-frequency compounds: 出门 ('go out the door / leave home'), 出发 ('set out / depart'), 出生 ('be born'), 出租车 ('taxi,' literally 'rent-out car'), 出口 ('exit; export'), 出现 ('appear').
Beyond physical motion, 出 carries the abstract sense of 'producing, emerging, or revealing' — 出问题 ('a problem comes up'), 看出 ('see / figure out'). It is one of the most productive single characters in Chinese.
Example sentences
我出去一下。
Wǒ chūqù yíxià.
I'm going out for a bit.
spoken
请你出来。
Qǐng nǐ chūlái.
Please come out.
spoken
他每天七点出门。
Tā měi tiān qī diǎn chūmén.
He leaves the house at seven every day.
neutral
我们坐出租车去吧。
Wǒmen zuò chūzūchē qù ba.
Let's go by taxi.
spoken
太阳出来了。
Tàiyáng chūlái le.
The sun has come out.
neutral
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