Sentence #2375469 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 出现 is built
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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.
现xiànto appear
王king · wáng
见to see · jiàn
Memory aid王 here is jade 玉, and 见 gives the sound (it was once also read xiàn, “to appear”). Picture jade catching the eye: to appear, now.
How to write 出现
出 5 strokes · 现 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 出现 (chūxiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
出现 (chūxiàn) means “to appear” or “to emerge”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it chūxiàn: chū with a 1st tone, then xiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 出现 is written 出現. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出现 from the suggestions. Typing chuxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出现 is an HSK 4 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.
出chū1st tone, high and level
现xiàn4th tone, falling
