出來

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	to come
trad. (出來)		出	來
simp. (出来)		出	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chūlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чўлэ (čwle, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-lòi
• Jin (Wiktionary): cueh⁴ lai^1-3 / cueh⁴ lai^1-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut--lâi / chhoài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ lai⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷tsheq-le₆ / ⁷tsheq-le₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūlái → chūlai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄔㄨ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chulåi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-lai⁵
    • Yale: chū-lai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu.lai
    • Palladius: чулай (čulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ laɪ̯²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чўлэ (čwle, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²⁴ lɛ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ loi⁴
    • Yale: chēut lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ loi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² loi̯¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cueh⁴ lai^1-3 / cueh⁴ lai^1-2
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuəʔ² lai¹¹⁻⁴⁵/, /t͡sʰuəʔ² lai¹¹⁻⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut--lâi / chhoài
    • Tâi-lô: tshut--lâi / tshuài

Note:

• 出 is in the citation tone and 來 is toneless when 出來 is at the end of a phrase;
• both 出 and 來 are toneless as a complement;
• both 出 and 來 undergo tone sandhi when the 出來 is not at the end of a phrase;
• chhoài - contraction of "chhut--lâi".

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cug⁴ lai⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk lâi
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ lai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsheq-le₆
    • MiniDict: tsheh^入 le^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsheq-le₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰəʔ³³ le⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsheq-le₂
    • MiniDict: tsheh^入 le^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴ le²³/

Verb

出⫽來 (verb-complement) (intransitive)

1. to go from inside to outside (with the speaker being outside); to come out

   從房間裏出來／从房间里出来  ―  cóng fángjiān lǐ chūlái  ―  to come out of the room

2. to appear; to emerge; to be revealed; to become available

   結果出來了。／结果出来了。  ―  Jiéguǒ chūlái le.  ―  The result came out.

3. (as a verbal complement)
   1. Indicates outward movement.

      走出來／走出来  ―  zǒu chūlái  ―  to walk out

   2. Indicates a process of revealing, manifesting or making evident.

      我看出來怎麼用了。 [MSC, trad.]
      我看出来怎么用了。 [MSC, simp.]

      Wǒ kàn chūlái zěnme yòng le. [Pinyin]

      I figured out (after observation) how to use it.

   3. Indicates a process of completing or accomplishing.

      做出來／做出来  ―  zuò chūlái  ―  to work it out

      講出來／讲出来  ―  jiǎng chūlái  ―  to explain it

Usage notes

• Potential forms include 出得來/出得来 (chūdelái, “can come out, can appear”) and 出不來/出不来 (chūbùlái, “have no way to come out, can not appear”). When it is used after a verb, however, it is 得出來/得出来 (de chūlái), 不出來/不出来 (bù chūlái).
• When it is used after a verb, it is also possible to insert a noun (or a phrase playing the role of a noun) between the two characters, for example, 拿出錢來/拿出钱来 (náchū qián lái, “to take out money”), 拿得出錢來/拿得出钱来 (nádechū qián lái, “to be able to provide out money”).

Derived terms

• 日頭打西出來 / 日头打西出来 (rìtóu dǎ xī chūlái)
• 白刀子進去，紅刀子出來 / 白刀子进去，红刀子出来 (bái dāozi jìnqù, hóng dāozi chūlái)
• 看出來 / 看出来 (kànchūlái)
• 肚裡說不出來的苦 / 肚里说不出来的苦 (dùlǐ shuōbùchū lái de kǔ)
• 骨頭裡掙出來的錢纔做得肉 / 骨头里挣出来的钱才做得肉

 

See also

• (Cantonese) 出嚟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出	來
で Grade: 1	き Jinmeiyō

For pronunciation and definitions of 出來 – see the following entry.

【でき】 [noun] result [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of できる (dekiru) [ichidan] Alternative spelling 出来

(This term, 出來, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (出来) of the above term.)