出席
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
出席 (chūxí) · to attend
出席 (chūxí) means “to attend; to be present”. It is written with 2 characters: 出 (to go out) + 席 (seat). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 出席 is built
The characters
出 chū · to go out
What 出 is made of
- 屮chè — sprout
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 凵qiǎn — container
Origin hint: A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
席 xí · seat
What 席 is made of
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 廿niàn — twenty
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A cloth 巾 or straw 艹 mat in the house 广 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
明天的会议你出席吗？Míngtiān de huìyì nǐ chūxí ma?Are you attending tomorrow's meeting?
校长出席了毕业典礼。Xiàozhǎng chūxí le bìyè diǎnlǐ.The principal attended the graduation ceremony.
Questions about 出席
What does 出席 mean?
出席 (chūxí) means “to attend; to be present”.
How do you pronounce 出席?
出席 is pronounced chūxí.
Which HSK level is 出席?
出席 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 出来chūláito come out
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 出国chūguóto go abroad
- 出口chūkǒuexit
- 出门chūménto go out
- 出生chūshēngto be born
- 出现chūxiànto appear
- 出院chūyuànto leave hospital
- 出租chūzūto rent out
Learn 出席 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 10: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.