让出 (ràng chū) — to yield, to give up, to make room for (a seat, position, space, etc.)

Definition

让出 means to voluntarily give up or yield something (a seat, position, profit) so someone else can have it. Note: 让 is a separable verb, so 让出 often appears as 让⋯⋯出.

verb
to yieldto give upto make room for (a seat, position, space, etc.)

Examples

  • 让出。
    Tā zhǔ dòng ràng chū le zì jǐ de zuò wèi gěi lǎo rén.
    He voluntarily gave up his seat to the elderly person.
  • 让出。
    Gōng sī jué dìng ràng chū bù fen lì rùn gěi yuán gōng.
    The company decided to give up part of its profits to the employees.
  • ，让出。
    Wèi le ràng xīn xiàng mù shùn lì jìn xíng, tā ràng chū le bù mén zhǔ guǎn de wèi zhì.
    To let the new project go smoothly, he gave up his position as department head.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

让ràngyield
出chūout

让 is yielding, and 出 shows something moves out of a place.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 讓; 让 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
襄
襄xiāng讓ràng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 讓 combines 言, showing speech, with 襄, giving the sound; the evidence links it to criticizing or reproaching. The simplified 让 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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