出 息

chūxi

“To yield interest, profit etc” in Chinese is 出息 (chūxi).

Meaning

to yield interest, profit etc
to exhale (Buddhism)
future prospects

Show 3 more meanings

profit
to mature
to grow up

Example

我没出息。

I have no future.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

chūHSK 15 strokesto go out; to come out xīHSK 110 strokesbreath

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 除夕 (chúxī, lunar New Year's Eve) · 出席 (chūxí, to attend)