Meaning
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise
Chinese: 从里面到外面，也表示出现。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “chu” becomes a different word in each tone. 出 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 出来chū láito come out; to appear; to arise
- 出去chū qùto go out
- 出租车chū zū chētaxi; (Tw) rental car
- 出现chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest
Example Sentence
他从房间里走了出来。Tā cóng fáng jiān lǐ zǒu le chū lái.He walked out of the room.
他Tāhe从cóngfrom房间fáng jiānroom里lǐinside走zǒuto walk了le(completed action)出来chū láito come out。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Early forms show a foot or sprout coming up and out of a hollow or doorway — ‘to go out / come out / produce’.
A way to remember it
Looks like two 山 stacked, but read it as stepping up and out.
Easy to confuse with
- 山‘Mountain’: 出 looks like two 山, but 山 is a single set of three peaks.