出发

Character by character

• 出chū5 strokesHSK 1go out, send out; stand; produce
• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我们后天出发。

  Wǒ men hòu tiān chū fā

  We're leaving the day after tomorrow.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 出发. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 出chūHSK 1

  to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

• 发现fā xiànHSK 2

  to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

  to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

• 出来chū láiHSK 1

  to come out; to appear; to arise

• 出现chū xiànHSK 2

  to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up

• 发fāHSK 2

  to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)

• 出去chū qùHSK 1

  to go out

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

  development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand

• 提出tí chūHSK 2

  to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 演出yǎn chūHSK 3

  to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show

• 出口chū kǒuHSK 2

  an exit; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port

• 发表fā biǎoHSK 3

  to issue; to publish

• 发挥fā huīHSK 4

  to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)

• 发出fā chūHSK 3

  to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)

• 出色chū sèHSK 4

  remarkable; outstanding

• 付出fù chūHSK 4

  to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

• 出生chū shēngHSK 2

  to be born

• 出席chū xíHSK 4

  to attend; to participate; present

• 指出zhǐ chūHSK 3

  to indicate; to point out

• 出租车chū zū chēHSK 2

  taxi; (Tw) rental car

• 发布fā bùHSK 5

  to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; also written 发布

• 退出tuì chūHSK 3

  to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop