HSK 5 · Media

出版 chūbǎn “to publish” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出版 means

  1. to publish

How to say 出版

  • 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版bǎn3rd tone, dipping

出版 in a sentence

  1. 这本书明年要出版。

    Zhè běn shū míngnián yào chūbǎn.

    This book will be published next year.

    Sentence #398933 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这家出版社专门出版儿童文学。

    Zhè jiā chūbǎnshè zhuānmén chūbǎn értóng wénxué.

    This publisher specialises in children’s literature.

    Sentence #3149460 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 每年都有大量新书出版。

    Měinián dōu yǒu dàliàng xīnshū chūbǎn.

    Lots of new books are published every year.

    Sentence #5942073 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 出版 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 版 (bǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
版bǎna register
  • 片slice · piànMeaning part
  • 反reverse · fǎnSound part

片 hints at the meaning (slice); 反 (fǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎn.

How to write 出版

出 5 strokes · 版 8 strokes

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

Words related to 出版

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 版

版本bǎnběn · version

More words: Media & Arts

报社bàoshè · newspaper office播放bōfàng · to broadcast博物馆bówùguǎn · museum采访cǎifǎng · to interview传说chuánshuō · legend动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film发表fābiǎo · to issue风格fēnggé · style

FAQs

出版 (chūbǎn) means “to publish”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chūbǎn: chū with a 1st tone, then bǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出版 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuban with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出版 from the suggestions. Typing chuban into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出版 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.