突出
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
突出 (tūchū) · outstanding
突出 (tūchū) means “outstanding; prominent; to highlight”. It is written with 2 characters: 突 (sudden) + 出 (to go out). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 突出 is built
The characters
突 tū · sudden
What 突 is made of
- 穴xué — cave
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 八bā — eight
- 宀 — roof
- 犬quǎn — dog
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 丶 — dot
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: A dog 犬 rushing out of a cave 穴 (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
她的成绩很突出。Tā de chéngjì hěn tūchū.Her grades are outstanding.
这篇文章要突出重点。Zhè piān wénzhāng yào tūchū zhòngdiǎn.This article should highlight the key points.
Questions about 突出
What does 突出 mean?
突出 (tūchū) means “outstanding; prominent; to highlight”.
How do you pronounce 突出?
突出 is pronounced tūchū.
Which HSK level is 突出?
突出 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 突然tūránsuddenly
- 冲突chōngtūconflict
- 突破tūpòto break through
- 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
Learn 突出 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 40: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.