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付出

fù chū

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

付出 (fù chū) means "to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 付出 means

1. to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

The characters in 付出

• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield

Example sentences

• 不要害怕付出。
  Don't be afraid to invest time and energy.
• 感谢你的付出。
  Thanks for everything.
• 这是他的愚蠢付出代价了。
  It is foolish of him to pay for it again.
• 付出什么，就会得到什么。
  What you give, you will get it back.
• 我们怎样才能将其付出实践？
  How can we put it into practice?
• 你愚蠢地行事，你会付出代价。
  You've acted foolishly and you will pay for it.

Sounds the same

Read fù chū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 复出to come back out of retirement; to get involved again after having withdrawn

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fù chū correctly.
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