HSK 6 · Family

出身 chūshēn “family background” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出身 means

  1. family background
  2. origin
  3. to be born of
  4. to come from
  5. class origin

How to say 出身

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale身shēn1st tone, high and level

出身 in a sentence

  1. 我出身贫寒。

    Wǒ chūshēn pínhán.

    I come from a poor family.

    Sentence #5613652 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 但是歌手并不否认她的出身。

    Dànshì gēshǒu bìng bù fǒurèn tā de chūshēn.

    However, the singer doesn’t deny her background.

    Sentence #811109 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 出身 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 身 (shēn) drawn as one shape
身shēnbody

身 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a person with a large belly: the body.

How to write 出身

出 5 strokes · 身 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 出身

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 身

身体shēntǐ · body身边shēnbiān · at one’s side身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height身份shēnfèn · identity身材shēncái · stature健身jiànshēn · to work out随身suíshēn · to carry with you终身zhōngshēn · lifelong浑身húnshēn · all over (the body)动身dòngshēn · to set out

More words: People, Body & Health

姿势zīshì · posture醉zuì · drunk伴侣bànlǚ · partner伯母bómǔ · aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)大伙儿dàhuǒr · everyone诞生dànshēng · to be born夫妇fūfù · married couple夫人fūrén · madam

FAQs

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