出

chū

verb HSK 1 #105

Meanings

1 to go out
2 to come out
3 to produce
4 to appear

Characters

to go out; to come out

A foot stepping out of an enclosure

Examples

他出去了。

Tā chūqù le.

He went out.

太阳出来了。

Tàiyáng chūlái le.

The sun came out.

出了什么事？

Chū le shénme shì?

What happened?

Tips

grammar

出 is commonly combined with directional complements: 出去 (go out, away from speaker), 出来 (come out, toward speaker).

Stroke Order

出 chū