HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Places

出去 chūqù “to go out” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出去 means

  1. to go out

How to say 出去

  • 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去qù4th tone, falling

出去 in a sentence

  1. 你明天出去吗？

    Nǐ míngtiān chūqù ma?

    Are you going out tomorrow?

    Sentence #335715 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 弟弟出去了。

    Dìdi chūqù le.

    My little brother has gone out.

    Sentence #13822753 from Tatoeba

  3. 因为下雨，我们不能出去。

    Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, wǒmen bùnéng chūqù.

    We can’t go out because it’s raining.

    Sentence #481162 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 出去 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 去 (qù) with each of its parts in a different colour
去qùto go
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidPicture someone leaving the ground 土 behind with a bag 厶: to go.

How to write 出去

出 5 strokes · 去 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 出去

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 去

去qù · to go去年qùnián · last year回去huíqu · to return进去jìnqù · to go in上去shàngqù · to go up下去xiàqù · to go down过去guòqù · in the past去世qùshì · to pass away失去shīqù · to lose

More words: Places & Getting Around

车站chēzhàn · rail station出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return

FAQs

出去 (chūqù) means “to go out”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it chūqù: chū with a 1st tone, then qù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出去 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出去 from the suggestions. Typing chuqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出去 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.