出生
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
出生 (chūshēng) · to be born
出生 (chūshēng) means “to be born”. It is written with 2 characters: 出 (to go out) + 生 (to give birth). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 出生 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)
生 shēng · to give birth
What 生 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我出生在北京。Wǒ chūshēng zài Běijīng.I was born in Beijing.
你是哪年出生的？Nǐ shì nǎ nián chūshēng de?What year were you born?
Questions about 出生
What does 出生 mean?
出生 (chūshēng) means “to be born”.
How do you pronounce 出生?
出生 is pronounced chūshēng.
Which HSK level is 出生?
出生 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
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
- 出现chūxiànto appear
- 出院chūyuànto leave hospital
- 出租chūzūto rent out
- 出租车chūzūchētaxi
Learn 出生 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 71: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.