出门

tamutom
August 19, 2010, 06:21 PM posted in General Discussion

Helen,

How does 出门 chūmén [to go out] (be away from home/go on a journey) differ from 出去 chū qù (to go out)?

-Tom

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helencao_counselor
August 20, 2010, 12:52 AM

1.出门 is a separable verb, you can also say "出门儿" 。但是 “出去”不是separable verb, you can not say “出去儿”。

eg. 他了我家的,就不会回来了。

2. 出去 is more about go from inside to outside.

 a. 从。。。出去 

 eg. 从公园出去/从二号门出去 (go out from gate 2)

 b. 出得去/出不去 (be (not) able to go out)

 eg. 门锁了,我出去不了。(The door is locked, I cant go out.)