出席 chūxí — to attend, to be present at (formal)

Meanings

1. 1

   to attend, to be present at (formal)

   To attend, but only in the register of a meeting, ceremony, or hearing — never a birthday party. The everyday word for going to a gathering is 参加.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 出

  chū (first tone, high and level)

  to go out, to come out; to produce, to issue, to put forth; to happen (of a problem); a measure word for plays and operas

  5 strokesRadical 凵

Example sentences

• 市长出席了今天的开幕仪式。/市長出席了今天的開幕儀式。Shìzhǎng (fourth tone, falling) chūxíle (first tone, high and level) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) kāimù (first tone, high and level) yíshì. (second tone, rising)···

  The mayor attended today's opening ceremony.

• 因为生病，他没能出席会议。/因為生病，他沒能出席會議。Yīnwèi (first tone, high and level) shēngbìng, (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) méi (second tone, rising) néng (second tone, rising) chūxí (first tone, high and level) huìyì. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Because he was ill, he was unable to attend the meeting.

Similar words

Words containing 出

• 出chū (first tone, high and level)to go out, to come out
• 出来/出來chū (first tone, high and level) lái (second tone, rising)to come out
• 出现/出現chūxiàn (first tone, high and level)to appear, to come into view, to arise
• 出去chū (first tone, high and level) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go out
• 提出tí (second tone, rising) chū (first tone, high and level)to raise (an issue)
• 出发/出發chūfā (first tone, high and level)to set off, to depart (on a journey)
• 演出yǎn (third tone, dipping) chū (first tone, high and level)to act (in a play)
• 出口chū (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)an exit
• 发出/發出fā (first tone, high and level) chū (first tone, high and level)to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
• 付出fù (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
• 出生chū (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 指出zhǐ (third tone, dipping) chū (first tone, high and level)to indicate
• 退出tuì (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to withdraw
• 出色chūsè (first tone, high and level)outstanding, remarkable
• 出示chūshì (first tone, high and level)to show, to produce (for inspection)
• 出版chū (first tone, high and level) bǎn (third tone, dipping)to publish
• 出门/出門chū (first tone, high and level) mén (second tone, rising)to go out