出口

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)	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (出口)		出	口

Etymology

"exit"

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 出口 (deguchi)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ hau²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-héu
• Eastern Min (BUC): chók-kāu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-kháu / chhut-khió

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ kao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chukǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: chū-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chukoou
    • Palladius: чукоу (čukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūkǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chukǒur
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-kʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chū-kǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chukooul
    • Palladius: чукоур (čukour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: chūkǒur - "exit".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ hau²
    • Yale: chēut háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-héu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ heu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ heu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² heu̯³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chók-kāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ kʰau³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutqao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-khió
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-khió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutqioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ kao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk kháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ kʰau⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

出口

1. exit (including outlets, escapes, vents, highway offramps, etc.)

   火警出口  ―  huǒjǐng chūkǒu  ―  fire exit

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “exit”): 入口 (rùkǒu)

Verb

出口

1. to export
2. to speak; to utter

   噉都講得出口？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   噉都讲得出口？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam² dou¹ gong² dak¹ ceot¹ hau²? [Jyutping]

   They dare say that?

3. (of a ship) to leave a port

Synonyms

• (to speak): (Hokkien) 出喙
• (to leave a port): 出港 (chūgǎng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to export”): 進口／进口 (jìnkǒu), 入口 (rùkǒu)

Derived terms

• 出入口 (chūrùkǒu)
• 出口傷人／出口伤人
• 出口商 (chūkǒushāng)
• 出口成章 (chūkǒuchéngzhāng)
• 出口秀
• 出口轉內銷／出口转内销
• 出口量 (chūkǒuliàng)
• 出口額／出口额 (chūkǒu'é)
• 緊急出口／紧急出口 (jǐnjí chūkǒu)
• 進出口／进出口 (jìnchūkǒu)

 

References

• “Entry #1428”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出	口
で Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) でぐち [déꜜgùchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [de̞ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

出(で)口(ぐち) • (deguchi) 

1. exit; outlet

   Antonym: 入口 (iriguchi)

   • 2018, “ここから、ここから”, ヒゲドライバー (lyrics) (CD), performed by 水瀬いのり, 花澤香菜, 井口裕香, and 早見沙織, ZMCZ-11855:

     長いトンネルの出口を探していた / かすかな光の匂いがしてる方へ

     We were looking for the exit of a long tunnel / Toward the faint sense of light

Descendants

• → Chinese: 出口 (chūkǒu)
• → Vietnamese: xuất khẩu
• → Korean: 출구 (chulgu)

Proper noun

出(で)口(ぐち) • (Deguchi) 

1. a surname

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
出	口

Noun

出口 • (chulgu) (hangeul 출구)

1. hanja form^? of 출구 (“exit”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
出	口

Verb

出口

1. chữ Hán form of xuất khẩu (“to export”).