付出 (fù chū) means “to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
他付出了很多努力。
Tā fùchū le hěn duō nǔlì.
He put in a lot of effort.
Updated: 2026-07-18