wài

outside; external; foreign

HSK 2 #131

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 131st character
Radical ⼣ (36.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 293

Definitions

外 wài
  1. 1. outside
  2. 2. external
  3. 3. foreign
  4. 4. in addition

Stroke order

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Words containing 外

Word Meaning
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person); layman; amateur
home and abroad; Chinese-foreign; Sino-foreign
foreign affairs
outflow; to flow out; to drain
unimaginably far away; beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
Foreign Minister
xenophobic; anti-foreigner
foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
to disregard; to have no regard for; to give no thought to
exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
nothing else but
exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
diplomat
ultraviolet (ray)
domestic and international; at home and abroad
foreign affairs
foreign currency
foreign language (written)
external
exposed; appearing on the outside
ultraviolet light
nothing more than; not beyond the scope of
minister of foreign affairs
foreign trade
to flee abroad; to run away; to desert