HSK 5 · Money

出口 chūkǒu “exit” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出口 means

  1. exit
  2. to export
  3. to speak
  4. (of a ship) to leave port

Measure word 个 gè · 一个出口 yí ge chūkǒu

How to say 出口

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale出chū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale口kǒu3rd tone, dipping

出口 in a sentence

  1. 紧急出口在哪里？

    Jǐnjí chūkǒu zài nǎlǐ?

    Where’s the emergency exit?

    Sentence #616424 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 有紧急情况时，必须通过这个出口跑出房子。

    Yǒu jǐnjí qíngkuàng shí, bìxū tōngguò zhè ge chūkǒu pǎo chū fángzi.

    In an emergency, you must get out of the house through this exit.

    Sentence #1565722 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 一月的出口量比去年同期上升了两成。

    Yīyuè de chūkǒuliàng bǐ qùnián tóngqī shàngshēng le liǎng chéng.

    January exports were up 20 per cent on the same period last year.

    Sentence #1130529 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 出口 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 出 (chū) with each of its parts in a different colour
出chūto go out; to come out
  • 屮sprout · chè
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidA foot stepping up out of an opening 凵: to go out.

The character 口 (kǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
口kǒumouth
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from an open mouth.

How to write 出口

出 5 strokes · 口 3 strokes

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出口 (chūkǒu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 出口 (chūkǒu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 出口

Words with 出

出租车chūzūchē · taxi出chū · to go out出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)

Words with 口

门口ménkǒu · doorway口kǒu · mouth路口lùkǒu · intersection入口rùkǒu · entrance口味kǒuwèi · taste胃口wèikǒu · appetite借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse进口jìnkǒu · to import人口rénkǒu · population可口kěkǒu · tasty

More words: Money & Economy

保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)发票fāpiào · invoice风险fēngxiǎn · risk股票gǔpiào · shares租赁zūlìn · to rent

FAQs

出口 (chūkǒu) means “exit” or “to export”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chūkǒu: chū with a 1st tone, then kǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出口 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one exit is 一个出口 (yí ge chūkǒu).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chukou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出口 from the suggestions. Typing chukou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出口 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.