出息

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (出息)		出	息

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūxi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ˙ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-sit
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-siak / chhut-sek / chhut-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūxi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ˙ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusi̊
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-hsi⁵
    • Yale: chū-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu.shi
    • Palladius: чуси (čusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chēut sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 出息 出色

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud` xid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² sit̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-sit
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutsid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ sit̚³²/

Noun

出息

1. prospects (of a person); promise; future

   這孩子聰悟得很，將來一定有出息。 [MSC, trad.]
   这孩子聪悟得很，将来一定有出息。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè háizi cōngwù dehěn, jiānglái yīdìng yǒu chūxi. [Pinyin]

   This child is so clever that he must have great future prospects.

Synonyms

• 出路 (chūlù)
• 前景 (qiánjǐng)
• 前程 (qiánchéng)
• 前途 (qiántú)
• 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
• 巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)
• 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
• 望頭／望头 (uan⁵ dou) (Xiang)
• 望頭子／望头子 (uan⁵ dou zr) (Xiang)
• 盼頭／盼头 (pàntou) (colloquial)
• 遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)
• 願景／愿景 (yuànjǐng)

 

Derived terms

• 沒出息／没出息 (méi chūxi)

 

Adjective

出息

1. (colloquial) having prospects (of a person); holding promise

   這孩子可真出息，考上了這麼牛兒的大學。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   这孩子可真出息，考上了这么牛儿的大学。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Zhèi háizi kě zhēn chūxi, kǎoshang le zènme niúr de dàxué. [Pinyin]

   This kid shows a lot of promise, having passed the exam and entered such an awesome university.

Verb

出息

1. to progress; to improve

Synonyms

• 健全 (jiànquán)
• 前進／前进 (qiánjìn)
• 完善 (wánshàn)
• 提升 (tíshēng)
• 提懸／提悬 (Min Nan)
• 提高 (tígāo)
• 改善 (gǎishàn)
• 改良 (gǎiliáng)
• 改進／改进 (gǎijìn)
• 躍進／跃进 (yuèjìn)
• 進展／进展 (jìnzhǎn)
• 進步／进步 (jìnbù)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūxī, chūxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧ, ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: chū-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushi
    • Palladius: чуси (čusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-hsi²
    • Yale: chū-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushyi
    • Palladius: чуси (čusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chēut sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 出息 出色

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud` xid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² sit̚²/

Noun

出息

1. (Buddhism) exhaled breath
2. yielded profit; harvest

Verb

出息

1. (Hakka) to sprout; to bud

Synonyms

• 出芽 (chūyá)
• 出苗 (chūmiáo)
• 出青 (Hokkien)
• 必目 (Hakka)
• 必筍／必笋 (Hakka)
• 抽筍／抽笋 (Hakka)
• 抽芽 (chōuyá)
• 暴穎／暴颖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 暴筍／暴笋 (Hakka)
• 暴芽 (Hokkien)
• 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
• 爆穎／爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 爆芽 (bau⁴ nga⁴) (Gan, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 生筍／生笋 (Hakka)
• 生芽 (Hakka)
• 發穎／发颖 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發芽／发芽 (fāyá)
• 綻筍／绽笋 (Hakka)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
• 萌發／萌发 (méngfā)
• 萌芽 (méngyá)
• 露苗 (lòumiáo)