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
出头
chūtóu
to stand out; to get ahead; a little over
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在竞争激烈的行业里，年轻人想出头并不容易。 Zài jìngzhēng jīliè de hángyè lǐ, niánqīngrén xiǎng chūtóu bìng bù róngyì. In a fiercely competitive industry, it is not easy for young people to stand out.
- 他今年三十出头，已经是部门经理了。 Tā jīnnián sānshí chūtóu, yǐjīng shì bùmén jīnglǐ le. He is just over thirty this year and is already a department manager.
- 他不愿意第一个出头，怕得罪别人。 Tā bú yuànyì dì yī gè chūtóu, pà dézuì biérén. He is unwilling to be the first to step forward, afraid of offending others.