驶出 (shǐ chū) — to drive out (of a vehicle from a place); to sail out (of a ship from port)

Definition

verb
to drive out (of a vehicle from a place)to sail out (of a ship from port)

Examples

  • 驶出。
    Huǒ chē màn màn shǐ chū le chē zhàn.
    The train slowly pulled out of the station.
  • 驶出,。
    Lún chuán cóng gǎng kǒu shǐ chū, xiàng dà hǎi shǐ qù.
    The ship sailed out of the harbor and headed toward the open sea.
  • 驶出。
    Sī jī xiǎo xīn dì bǎ chē shǐ chū le chē kù.
    The driver carefully backed the car out of the garage.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

驶shǐdrive or sail

驶 means drive or sail and 出 means out, giving movement out from 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 駛; 驶 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
史
史shǐ駛shǐ
Same sound today

The traditional form 駛 has 馬 as the meaning part and 史 as the sound part.

Open 驶 →

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.

Open 出 →

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