指出
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
指出 (zhǐchū) · to point out
指出 (zhǐchū) means “to point out”. It is written with 2 characters: 指 (to point at) + 出 (to go out). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 指出 is built
The characters
指 zhǐ · to point at
What 指 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 旨zhǐ — aim
- 匕bǐ — spoon
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 匕bǐ — spoon
Origin hint: To point 旨 by hand 扌; 旨 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
老师指出了我的错误。Lǎoshī zhǐchū le wǒ de cuòwù.The teacher pointed out my mistake.
请指出这句话的问题。Qǐng zhǐchū zhè jù huà de wèntí.Please point out the problem in this sentence.
Questions about 指出
What does 指出 mean?
指出 (zhǐchū) means “to point out”.
How do you pronounce 指出?
指出 is pronounced zhǐchū.
Which HSK level is 指出?
指出 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 手指shǒuzhǐfinger
- 指导zhǐdǎoto guide
- 指挥zhǐhuīto conduct
- 戒指jièzhiring (on a finger)
- 指标zhǐbiāotarget
- 指定zhǐdìngto designate
- 指甲zhǐjiafingernail
- 指令zhǐlìnginstruction
- 指南针zhǐnánzhēncompass
- 指示zhǐshìinstruction
Learn 指出 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 35: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.