出息 chūxi promise, bright future, prospects

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 出息 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中出息。

It means promise, or a bright future. A neighbor hears your friend got into a great university. She smiles at the proud parents and says it. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

出息 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

出息 — the Chinese character for promise, bright future, prospects (chūxi), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 出息 — promise, bright future, prospects

出 — 5 strokes
息 — 10 strokes

Senses

future prospects
profit
to mature
to grow up

Characters in 出息

出 chū — to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
息 xī — (bound form) breath; (bound form) to cease; to stop; (bound form) to rest

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Character Practise

出息 is pronounced chūxi and means “promise, bright future, prospects”.