HSK 6 · Ideas

出路 chūlù “way out” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出路 means

  1. way out
  2. outlet
  3. prospects
  4. a way out (lit. and fig.)
  5. opportunity for advancement
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • a way forward
  • outlet (for one’s products)

How to say 出路

  • 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路lù4th tone, falling

出路 in a sentence

  1. 那是唯一的出路。

    Nà shì wéiyī de chūlù.

    That was the only way out.

    Sentence #6065362 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 出路 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 路 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
路lùroad 条)
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 各individual · gèSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with lù.

How to write 出路

出 5 strokes · 路 13 strokes

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

Words related to 出路

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 路

路lù · road路上lùshang · on the road走路zǒulù · to walk马路mǎlù · road路边lùbiān · roadside路口lùkǒu · intersection迷路mílù · to lose the way高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway

More words: Ideas & Concepts

成效chéngxiào · effect冲击chōngjī · impact川流不息chuānliúbùxī · flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)处境chǔjìng · situation出息chūxi · promise挫折cuòzhé · setback代价dàijià · price档次dàngcì · grade

FAQs

出路 (chūlù) means “way out” or “outlet”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chūlù: chū with a 1st tone, then lù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出路 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chulu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出路 from the suggestions. Typing chulu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出路 is an HSK 6 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.