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出

chū
HSK 2
#28 most
frequent character
to go out, to come out, to occur
verb
Measure Word

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

出 is a foot 屮 leaving a cave opening 凵. That gives the first sense, 'to exit'. The meaning then grew to 'to emerge' and 'to produce'. Its use as a measure word for plays was borrowed for sound alone.

Drawn as: foot leaving cave opening; cave opening; foot

出 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
茁
sound8 characters
础屈拙咄黜茁绌诎
picture1 character
粜

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Example Sentences

我每天都出门去上班。
wǒ měitiān dū chūmén qù shàngbān 。
I go out every day to work.
这部电影要出新片了。
zhè bù diànyǐng yào chū xīnpiàn le 。
This movie is going to release a new film.
他的书已经出去了。
tāde shū yǐjīng chūqù le 。
His book has already been published.

Grammar Points

HSK 3
Direction complement
HSK 5
Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"

Words with similar meanings

出去chūqù
to go out
A more casual way of saying 'to go out', often used in daily conversation.
发行fāxíng
to release
Specifically pertains to the action of publishing or launching something like a book or a film.

Homophones

初chū
prefix (first grade of junior high school )

Words Starting With 出

出租车chū zū chē
taxi
出现chū xiàn
to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出发chū fā
to start out; to set off
出差chū chāi
to go on an official or business trip
出生chū shēng
to be born

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Public Lists with 出

Performing Arts
Dance, theater, opera, stage, tickets, and related vocabulary.
Movies, TV & Media
Film genres, TV shows, news broadcasts, streaming, and basic film terms.
HSK 2
All words for the HSK 2 test
Basic Verbs
Core action verbs like 'go,' 'come,' 'eat,' 'see,' commonly encountered in HSK.