出身

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Chinese

 
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (出身) 出 身
simp. #(出身) 出 身

Pronunciation

Verb

出身

  1. (literary) to devote oneself (to); to give up one's life (for)
  2. (literary) to become an official; to enter officialdom
  3. to come from (a background of ...); to be descended from

Noun

出身

  1. educational or occupational background (of a person)
  2. family background (of a person); birth; social class; class origin; ancestry; stock
    貴族出身／贵族出身  ―  guìzú chūshēn  ―  to be of noble birth
    平民出身  ―  píngmín chūshēn  ―  to be of humble birth

Related terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出 身
しゅつ > しゅっ
Grade: 1 		しん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

出(しゅっ)身(しん) • (shusshin) 

  1. hometown, the place one comes from
    • 1959, 火野葦平, ゲテ魚好き:
      宇野(うの)は隠岐(おき)の島(しま)出身(しゅっしん)、つまり日本海(にほんかい)である。
      Uno wa okinoshima shusshin, tsumari nihonkai de aru.
      Uno was from Okinoshima, which is in the Sea of Japan.
  2. the school from which one graduated
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 道草:
      その人(ひと)は彼(かれ)と同(おな)じ学校(がっこう)の出身(しゅっしん)であった。
      Sono hito wa kare to onaji gakkō no shusshin de atta.
      That person was from the same school that he was.
  3. the group or organization from which one comes
    • 1960, 原田義人, 年譜:
      相当(そうとう)な家柄(いえがら)の出身(しゅっしん)で、スペインやアフリカで成功(せいこう)した兄弟(きょうだい)がある。
      Sōtō na iegara no shusshin de, supein ya afurika de seikō shita kyōdai ga aru.
      She was from a very distinguished family and her brothers were very successful in Spain and in Africa.

Korean

Hanja in this term
出身

Noun

出身 • (chulsin) (hangeul 출신)

  1. Hanja form? of 출신 (“origin”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
出身

Verb

出身

  1. chữ Hán form of xuất thân (“to come from (a background of ...); to be descended from”).

Noun

出身

  1. chữ Hán form of xuất thân (“background (of a person); family background”).
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