外 wài

out, outside, external; foreign

HSK 2 #131

DEFINITIONS

  • out, outside, external
  • foreign
  • outside
  • in addition
  • foreign
  • external

STROKES

WORDS

老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person); layman; amateur
中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad
外务 wài wù foreign affairs
外流 wài liú outflow; to flow out; to drain
九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away
外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister
排外 pái wài xenophobic; anti-foreigner
外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
置之度外 zhì zhī dù wài to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard
外骨骼 wài gǔ gé exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
不外乎 bù wài hū nothing else but
分外 fèn wài exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
外交家 wài jiāo jiā diplomat
紫外 zǐ wài ultraviolet (ray)
国内外 guó nèi wài domestic and international; at home and abroad
外事 wài shì foreign affairs
外币 wài bì foreign currency
外文 wài wén foreign language (written)
外用 wài yòng external
外露 wài lù exposed; appearing on the outside
紫外光 zǐ wài guāng ultraviolet light
不外 bù wài not beyond the scope of; nothing more than
外交部长 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs
外贸 wài mào foreign trade
外逃 wài táo to flee abroad; to run away; to desert; outflow
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