HSK 5 · Adjectives

出色 chūsè “remarkable” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出色 means

  1. remarkable
  2. outstanding

How to say 出色

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

出色 in a sentence

  1. 他是位出色的作家。

    Tā shì wèi chūsè de zuòjiā.

    He’s an outstanding writer.

    Sentence #13656906 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 客服很出色。

    Kèfú hěn chūsè.

    The customer service is excellent.

    Sentence #13527708 from Tatoeba

  3. 他在运动会上的表现十分出色。

    Tā zài yùndònghuì shàng de biǎoxiàn shífēn chūsè.

    He performed brilliantly at the sports carnival.

    Sentence #471407 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 出色 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 色 (sè) with each of its parts in a different colour
色sècolour
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 巴to desire · bā

How to write 出色

出 5 strokes · 色 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 出色

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 色

颜色yánsè · colour白色báisè · white黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green黄色huángsè · yellow景色jǐngsè · scenery角色juésè · role色彩sècǎi · colour特色tèsè · distinctive feature

More words: Adjectives

充分chōngfèn · ample抽象chōuxiàng · abstract丑chǒu · ugly臭chòu · smelly初级chūjí · elementary次要cìyào · secondary匆忙cōngmáng · hasty粗糙cūcāo · rough

FAQs

出色 (chūsè) means “remarkable” or “outstanding”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chūsè: chū with a 1st tone, then sè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出色 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuse with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出色 from the suggestions. Typing chuse into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出色 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.