出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出境
chūjìng
to leave the country
Characters in this word
境 jìng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于护照即将过期，他在出境前被工作人员拦了下来。 Yóuyú hùzhào jíjiāng guòqī, tā zài chūjìng qián bèi gōngzuò rényuán lán le xiàlai. Because his passport was about to expire, he was stopped by staff before leaving the country.
- 出境前请把护照和机票准备好。 Chūjìng qián qǐng bǎ hùzhào hé jīpiào zhǔnbèi hǎo. Before leaving the country, please have your passport and plane ticket ready.
- 办理出境手续要花不少时间，最好早点到机场。 Bànlǐ chūjìng shǒuxù yào huā bù shǎo shíjiān, zuìhǎo zǎodiǎn dào jīchǎng. Exit procedures take quite some time, so it is best to get to the airport early.