出现/出現 chūxiàn — to appear, to come into view, to arise

Meanings

1. 1

   to appear, to come into view, to arise

   Something that was not there becomes there — a person at a door, a name on a screen, a problem in a plan. 出现 describes the appearing itself and takes no object: the thing that appears is the subject.

   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

• 他没有出现，我们等了半个小时。/他沒有出現，我們等了半個小時。Tā (first tone, high and level) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) chūxiàn, (first tone, high and level) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) děngle (third tone, dipping) bàn (fourth tone, falling) ge (neutral tone) xiǎoshí. (third tone, dipping)···

  He never turned up — we waited half an hour.

• 这个句子里出现了两个新词。/這個句子裡出現了兩個新詞。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) jùzi (fourth tone, falling) lǐ (third tone, dipping) chūxiànle (first tone, high and level) liǎng (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) xīn (first tone, high and level) cí. (second tone, rising)···

  Two new words appear in this sentence.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我出现了一个问题。

  Correct出现了一个问题。

  出现 has no object and no agent: the thing appearing is the subject, so the problem 出现, nobody 出现s it.

Similar words

Words containing 出

• 出chū (first tone, high and level)to go out, to come out
• 出发/出發chūfā (first tone, high and level)to set off, to depart (on a journey)
• 出租车/出租車chūzūchē (first tone, high and level)taxi, cab