出身 meaning in English

chūshēn

to be born of; to come from

HSK 7-9verbnoun12 strokes

Meaning of 出身

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chūshēn
  1. to be born of
  2. to come from
  3. family background
  4. class origin

出身 in example sentences

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

但dàn是shì歌gē手shǒu并bìng不bù否fǒu认rèn她tā的de出chū身shēn。
However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.
我wǒ出chū身shēn贫pín寒hán。
I grew up in a poor family.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

出 chū · to go out · 5 strokes

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身 shēn · body · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 出身.

出来chūláito come out; to appear
出去chūqùto go out
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
身体shēntǐthe body; one's health
出现chūxiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
身边shēnbiānat one's side; on hand
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
出生chūshēngto be born
提出tíchūto raise (an issue); to propose
找出zhǎochūto find; to search out
出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak
拿出náchūto take out; to put out

Questions about 出身

What does 出身 mean?

出身 (chūshēn) means "to be born of; to come from" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 出身?

出身 is made of 2 characters: 出 (5 strokes), 身 (7 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 出身 an HSK word?

Yes. 出身 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.