HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Places

出国 chūguó “to go abroad” in Chinese

Traditional 出國

What 出国 means

  1. to go abroad
  2. to leave the country

How to say 出国

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale国guó2nd tone, rising

出国 in a sentence

  1. 你打算出国吗？

    Nǐ dǎsuàn chūguó ma?

    Are you planning to go abroad?

    Sentence #476641 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我明年想出国留学。

    Wǒ míngnián xiǎng chūguó liúxué.

    I want to study overseas next year.

    Sentence #336179 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是你第一次出国吗？

    Zhè shì nǐ dìyī cì chūguó ma?

    Is this your first trip abroad?

    Sentence #851515 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 出国 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 国 (guó) with each of its parts in a different colour
国guócountry; nation; state
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 玉jade · yù

Memory aidTreasure 玉 kept inside a country’s borders 囗.

How to write 出国

出 5 strokes · 国 8 strokes

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

Words related to 出国

Words with 出

出租车chūzūchē · taxi出chū · to go out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)出差chūchāi · to go on an official or business trip

Words with 国

国guó · country中国Zhōngguó · China外国wàiguó · foreign (country)国家guójiā · country国际guójì · international国籍guójí · nationality国王guówáng · king国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)祖国zǔguó · homeland国防guófáng · national defence

More words: Places & Getting Around

外边wàibian · outside这边zhèbiān · this side这里zhèlǐ · here车站chēzhàn · rail station出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)

FAQs

出国 (chūguó) means “to go abroad” or “to leave the country”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it chūguó: chū with a 1st tone, then guó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 出国 is written 出國. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuguo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出国 from the suggestions. Typing chuguo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出国 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older 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.