出家 meaning in English

chūjiā

to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun

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Meaning of 出家

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chūjiā
  1. to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun

出家 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ决jué定dìng出chū家jiā为wèi僧sēng。
Tom decided to become a monk.

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出 chū · to go out · 5 strokes

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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 出家.

出来chūláito come out; to appear
出去chūqùto go out
回家huí jiāto return home
国家guójiācountry; nation; state
家里jiā lihome
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
在家zàijiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
出现chūxiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
家庭jiātíngfamily; household
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
出生chūshēngto be born

Questions about 出家

What does 出家 mean?

出家 (chūjiā) means "to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun".

How do you write 出家?

出家 is made of 2 characters: 出 (5 strokes), 家 (10 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.