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  • 1

    adj.outside; external

    • wài qiáng

      outer wall

    • wài tào

      outerwear

    • wǎng wài zǒu

      walk out

    antonym
  • 2

    adj.extra; in addition

    • wài jiā

      additionally

    • é wài

      额外

      extre

    • chú wài

      除外

      except

  • 3

    adj.other

    • wài xì

      other departments

    • wài xiàn

      other county

    • wài xiào

      other schools

  • 4

    adj.(relatives) of one's mother, sisters or daughters

    • wài sheng

      sister's son

    • wài zǔ fù

      祖父

      maternal grandfather

    • wài pó

      外婆

      maternal grandmother

  • 5

    n.foreign country

    • wài yǔ

      外语

      foreign language

    • wài wén

      foreign language

    • wài guó

      外国

      foreign countries

  • 6

    adj.informal; unofficial

    • wài hào

      nickname

  • 7

    adj.not closely related

    • wài rén

      stranger

    • jiàn wài

      见外

      regard somebody as an outsider

  • 8

    n.old man's role

    • wài mò

      old man's role

Words and phrases with 外

  • 外国
    [word]foreign country
  • 外交部长
    [word]minister of foreign affairs
  • 外甥
    [word]sister's son; grandson
  • 外壳
    [word]husk
  • 外边
    [word]out; place other than where one lives or works
  • 外界
    [word]external/outside world; outside
  • 外资企业
    [word]foreign-owned/foreign-funded enterprise
  • 外人
    [word]foreigner; stranger
  • 外籍
    [word]foreign nationality; having one's permanent residence registered elsewhere
  • 外交辞令
    [idiom]diplomatese
  • 外弛内张
    [idiom]relaxed outside the surface but tense inside
  • 外柔内刚
    [idiom]iron fist/hand in a velvet glove
  • 外强中干
    [idiom]strong in appearance but weak in reality
  • 外圆内方
    [idiom]inwardly strict though outwardly flexible

Similar-form characters to 外