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  • 1

    pron.other; another; (used with nouns) different

    • lìng wài nà ge rén wǒ bù rèn shi

      另外那个认识

      I don't know the other people.

    • tā tóng lìng wài sān rén bèi pàn sǐ xíng

      另外死刑

      He and three others were sentenced to death.

    • lìng wài yī gè nán rén cháo wǒ pò kǒu dà mà qi lai

      另外男人破口大骂起来

      The other man started hurling abuse at me.

  • 2

    adv.separately; differently; moreover

    • nǐ de shì zán men lìng wài shāng liang

      咱们另外商量

      We will find another time to talk about your problem.

    • zhè jiàn shì lìng wài jiě jué

      另外解决

      This will be dealt with separately.

    • nǐ lìng wài zài zhǎo yī gè rén

      另外

      You find someone else.

  • 3

    conj.in addition; besides

    • tā jiā xīn mǎi le yī tái tuō lā jī lìng wài hái mǎi le diàn shì jī

      拖拉机另外电视机

      In addition to a tractor, his family has also bought a television.

    • wǒ mǎi le liǎng běn xiǎo shuō lìng wài hái mǎi le liǎng běn màn huà

      小说另外漫画

      Besides the two novels, I have bought two comic books.

    • wǒ bù xǐ huan nà běn xīn zì diǎn lìng wài tā yě tài guì

      喜欢字典另外

      I don't like that new dictionary, besides, it's too expensive.

Word usage

  • Note
    "另外" is different from "此外". "另外" only can be used as a conjunction; "此外" can be used as a pronoun, an adverb and a conjunction.