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出身 chūshēn

出身 chūshēn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 出身 chūshēn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chūshēn | chu1 shen1
English translation
to be born of
to come from
family background
class origin

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Traditional form

出身 chūshēn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 出身 chūshēn

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chū

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a foot ( zhǐ ) going out of an enclosure.

Positional decomposition

屮凵

Number of Strokes

5
shēn

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with an protruding midsection. The protruding midsection is variously explained as (1) representing the main part of a person's body, or (2) as representing a pregnant woman that has a body inside her body.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 出身 chūshēn

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rén suī qióng , 出身 chūshēn què 高贵 gāo guì .

Though poor, he was blue blood in his veins.

尽管 jǐnguǎn qióng , dàn shì 贵族 guìzú 出身 chūshēn .

Though poor, he has blue blood in his veins.

理工科 lǐ gōng kē 出身 chūshēn de Chén zhōu , 有着 yǒu zhe 十分 shífēn 出色 chūsè de 商业 shāngyè 头脑 tóu nǎo .

Chen science and engineering a boat, a very excellent business acumen.

dāng 觉得 juéde 开始 kāishǐ 有点 yǒu diǎn 感冒 gǎnmào shí , 赶快 gǎnkuài shǎng chuáng shuì ,出身 chūshēn hán jiù hǎo le .

When you feel a cold coming on, get into bed and sweat it out.

我们 wǒmen liǎ dōu 出身 chūshēn 工人 gōngrén 家庭 jiātíng

We are both from working class stock.

出身 chūshēn Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 出身 chūshēn and their own compounds.

出身 chūshēn Compounds

See all 82 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 出身 chūshēn in their composition.

  • chū
      • jué , , jué , jué , , , , , , , ,
    • tiào
    • chǔ , suì , zhuō , duō , zhuó , chù , chù , fěi , duò , zhú , , , , , , , chù , , , , , , , , , ,
  • shēn
    • shè
    • gōng
      • gōng , qióng
      • gōng ,
    • duǒ , tǎng , , , , duǒ , , kēng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 躿, , , , , , , , , ,
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