Chinese word

出入

Pronunciation

Pinyinchū rù

Meaning

  • verbenter and leave

Example

请登记后再出入。qǐng dēng jì hòu zài chū rù

Please register before entering and leaving.

Illustration for 出入 (enter and leave)

More examples

演唱会门票持有人可凭票出入会场。yǎn chàng huì mén piào chí yǒu rén kě píng piào chū rù huì chǎng

Concert ticket holders may enter and leave the venue with their tickets.

Core concept

Movement that repeatedly crosses a boundary in both directions, like traffic passing through an entrance.

Common phrases

  • 不得出入bù dé chū rù

    not permitted to enter and leave

  • 凭票出入píng piào chū rù

    enter and leave using a ticket

  • 未经允许不得出入wèi jīng yún xǔ bù dé chū rù

    must not enter and leave without permission

Similar words

进出jìn chū: Go in and out of a place as part of regular movement between its inside and outside.
进入jìn rù: Enter a place or area from outside by moving across its boundary.
出去chū qù: Go out from inside a place and move to the outside.
进去jìn qù: Go into a place, moving from outside toward its interior.

Definition in Chinese

指人或物在某处反复进出,强调往来或流动的状态。zhǐ rén huò wù zài mǒu chù fǎn fù jìn chū qiáng diào wǎng lái huò liú dòng de zhuàng tài

Word origin

The word joins 出 (chū, "go out") and 入 (rù, "go in"), so its form presents the two-way movement it describes.

Usage tips

  • In everyday notices, this word helps indicate whether movement through a place is allowed, restricted, or unrestricted.

Other meanings

  • go back and forthverb

Opposites

  • 逗留dòu liústayverb

Related words

  • 出入许可chū rù xú kěentry and exit permitnoun
  • 出入记录chū rù jì lùentry and exit recordnoun

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