HSK 5 · Verbs

出示 chūshì “to show” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出示 means

  1. to show
  2. to present (a ticket or ID)
  3. to take out and show to others
  4. to display

How to say 出示

  • 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示shì4th tone, falling

出示 in a sentence

  1. 先生，请出示护照或者身份证，让我登记一下。

    Xiānsheng, qǐng chūshì hùzhào huòzhě shēnfènzhèng, ràng wǒ dēngjì yíxià.

    Sir, please show your passport or ID card so I can register you.

    Sentence #420454 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请你出示你的机票和护照。

    Qǐng nǐ chūshì nǐ de jīpiào hé hùzhào.

    Please show your plane ticket and passport.

    Sentence #6559062 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 在边境上，我被要求出示我的护照。

    Zài biānjìng shàng, wǒ bèi yāoqiú chūshì wǒ de hùzhào.

    At the border, I was asked to show my passport.

    Sentence #5465395 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 出示 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 示 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
示shìto show
  • 二two · èr
  • 小small · xiǎo

How to write 出示

出 5 strokes · 示 5 strokes

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

Words related to 出示

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 示

表示biǎoshì · to express显示xiǎnshì · to show暗示ànshì · to hint示意shìyì · to signal提示tíshì · to prompt指示zhǐshì · to instruct展示zhǎnshì · to display示范shìfàn · to demonstrate请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration

More words: Common Verbs

吃亏chīkuī · to lose out持续chíxù · to continue充满chōngmǎn · to be full of冲chōng · to rush出席chūxí · to attend处理chǔlǐ · to handle传播chuánbō · to disseminate闯chuǎng · to rush

FAQs

出示 (chūshì) means “to show” or “to present (a ticket or ID)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chūshì: chū with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出示 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出示 from the suggestions. Typing chushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出示 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.