HSK 2 · Common Verbs

出 chū “to go out” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出 means

  1. to go out
  2. to come out
  3. to arise
  4. to occur
  5. to produce
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to yield
  • to go beyond
  • to exceed
  • (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  • classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

How to say 出

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale出chū1st tone, high and level

出 in a sentence

  1. 现在正在下雨，但是我想出去。

    Xiànzài zhèngzài xiàyǔ, dànshì wǒ xiǎng chūqu.

    It’s raining, but I’d like to go out.

    Sentence #3077984 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我出门的时候，你来了。

    Wǒ chūmén de shíhou, nǐ lái le.

    You came just as I was going out.

    Sentence #346741 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他急忙出了办公室。

    Tā jímáng chū le bàngōngshì.

    He hurried out of the office.

    Sentence #816478 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 出 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.

How to write 出

出 5 strokes

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

Words related to 出

Words with 出

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

More words: Common Verbs

介绍jièshào · to introduce等děng · to wait玩wán · to play进jìn · to enter给gěi · to give让ràng · to let笑xiào · to laugh跳舞tiàowǔ · to dance

FAQs

出 (chū) means “to go out” or “to come out”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it chū: chū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出 from the suggestions. Typing chu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出 is an HSK 2 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.