出家

chūjiā

verb #38,593

Meanings

HSK 2

他二十岁就出家了。

Tā èrshí suì jiù chūjiā le.

He became a monk at twenty.

HSK 7-9

她出家以后，在山上的寺庙里生活了三十年。

Tā chūjiā yǐhòu, zài shān shàng de sìmiào lǐ shēnghuó le sānshí nián.

After becoming a nun, she lived in a mountain temple for thirty years.

usage

It does not mean simply 'to leave home'; for that say 离家 or 离开家. Monks and nuns call themselves 出家人, and returning to lay life is 还俗.

出 chū

家 jiā