出 — to go out; to come out; to arise
to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 出: 5 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 出 in the HSK syllabus: 76
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 出租车chūzūchētaxi; rental carHSK 1
- 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occurHSK 2
- 出国chūguóto go abroad; to leave the countryHSK 2
- 出来chūláito come out; to appear; to ariseHSK 2
- 出门chūménto go out; to leave home; to go on a journeyHSK 2
- 出去chūqùto go outHSK 2
- 出发chūfāto set off; to startHSK 3
- 出生chūshēngto be bornHSK 3
- 出院chūyuànto leave hospital; to be discharged from hospitalHSK 3
- 出差chūchāito go on an official or business tripHSK 4
- 出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak; to export; to leave portHSK 4
- 出现chūxiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show upHSK 4
- 出行chūxíngto go out somewhere; to set off on a journeyHSK 4
- 出租chūzūto rentHSK 4
- 发出fāchūto issue; to send out; to dispatchHSK 4
- 提出tíchūto raise; to propose; to put forward; to suggestHSK 4
- 推出tuīchūto push out; to release; to launch; to publishHSK 4
- 外出wàichūto go out; to go awayHSK 4
- 演出yǎnchūto act; to perform; to put on; performance; concertHSK 4
- 指出zhǐchūto indicate; to point outHSK 4
- 超出chāochūto exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroachHSK 5
- 出版chūbǎnto publishHSK 5
- 出色chūsèremarkable; outstandingHSK 5
- 出售chūshòuto sell; to offer for sale; to put on the marketHSK 5
- 出席chūxíto attend; to participate; presentHSK 5
- 出自chūzìto come fromHSK 5
- 付出fùchūto pay; to expend; to investHSK 5
- 派出所pàichūsuǒlocal police stationHSK 5
- 突出tūchūprominent; outstanding; to give prominence toHSK 5
- 退出tuìchūto withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log outHSK 5
- 展出zhǎnchūto put on display; to be on show; to exhibitHSK 5
- 作出zuòchūto put out; to come up with; to make; to issueHSK 5
- 产出chǎnchūto produce; outputHSK 6
- 出场chūchǎngto come onto the stage to performHSK 6
- 出境chūjìngto leave a country or region; outboundHSK 6
- 出力chūlìto exert oneselfHSK 6
- 出名chūmíngwell-known for sth; to become well knownHSK 6
- 出入chūrùto go out and come in; entrance and exitHSK 6
- 出示chūshìto show; to take out and show to others; to displayHSK 6
- 出游chūyóuto go on a tour; to have an outingHSK 6
And 36 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.