Definition
腾出 is a resultative verb compound (V + 出), where the 出 complement means 'out' and indicates making something available by clearing or shifting. You can use it for physical spaces (腾出一间房子—vacate a room), for time (腾出时间—set aside time), and even for digital space (腾出硬盘空间—free up hard drive space). The verb 腾 alone means 'to move aside / make way', and 出 adds the idea of something emerging or being freed as a result. Note that the object is what is freed up, not what is removed.
r.v.
to vacateto clear out (a physical space) by moving things outto set asideto free up (time or resources)
Examples
- 腾出？Nǐ néng bù néng téng chū yì zhāng zhuōzi gěi xīn tóngshì?Can you clear out a desk for the new colleague?
- 腾出。Wǒ měitiān dōu huì téng chū bàn xiǎoshí lái xué Yīngyǔ.I set aside half an hour every day to study English.
- ，腾出。Wèile jǔbàn zhǎnlǎn, tāmen téng chū le yì zhěng céng lóu.To hold an exhibition, they vacated an entire floor.
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