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出发

chū fā

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 出發

出发 (chū fā) means "to depart, set off". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 出发 means

1. to set off
2. to start (on a journey)

The characters in 出发

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 列车已经出发。
  The train has already left.
• 火车6点出发。
  The train leaves at 6 o'clock.
• 我们后天出发。
  We're leaving the day after tomorrow.
• 我准备好出发了。
  I'm ready to leave.
• 我们正准备出发。
  We were just getting ready to go.
• 彼得决定明天出发。
  Peter has decided to leave tomorrow.

Words starting with 出发

• 出发点chū fā diǎnstarting point; (fig.) basis; motive

Where 出发 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel logistics & transport (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chū fā correctly.
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