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出口

chū kǒu · chu kou

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. an exit
  2. to speak
  3. to export
  4. (of a ship) to leave port
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Lost in the mall

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，这个(zhège)商场(shāngchǎng)的(de)出口(chūkǒu)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Liangliang, where is the exit of this mall?

  2. Liangliang

    跟着(gēnzhe)绿色(lǜsè)的(de)牌子(páizi)走(zǒu)，出口(chūkǒu)在(zài)左边(zuǒbian)。

    Follow the green sign. The exit is on the left.

  3. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)。咦(yí)，又(yòu)是(shì)这家(zhèjiā)店(diàn)！

    Okay. Oh, this is the same shop again!

  4. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)已经(yǐjīng)走过(zǒuguò)这家(zhèjiā)店(diàn)三次(sāncì)了(le)。出口(chūkǒu)到底(dàodǐ)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    We have walked past this shop three times. Where on earth is the exit?

  5. Dengdeng

    找到(zhǎodào)了(le)！出口(chūkǒu)就(jiù)在(zài)牌子(páizi)后面(hòumian)！

    Found it! The exit is right behind this sign!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

在(zài)出(chū)口(kǒu)處(chù)的(de)收(shōu)银(yín)台(tái)付(fù)款(kuǎn)。

Pay the cashier on the way out.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)未(wèi)曾(céng)说(shuō)出(chū)口(kǒu)的(de)话(huà)，份(fèn)量(liàng)沉(chén)重(zhòng)。

The weight of our unspoken words is heavy.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by Nuel · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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出
chū

to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur

口
kǒu

mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)

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