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wài

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wài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wài | wai4
English translation
outside
in addition
foreign
external
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition

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About wài

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

wài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Location word / 方位词 fāng wèi cí Fāngwèi cí

Learning hint

Night-time  divinations  bo ; the supernatural, the foreign

Etymology of wài

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

夕卜

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. bo represents the meaning and yuè represents the sound. bo here is used iconically as an arrow pointing to the outside.

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Example sentences using wài

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饭菜 fàn cài 而外, Huán chī líng shí , 肚子 dùzi Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng , jiù 觉得 juéde 越须 duō chī hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

jiào de 外号 wài hào .

She called me by my nickname.

鸽子 gēzi Cóng Bǎi 英里 Yīng lǐ 之外 zhī wài 返回 fǎn huí 窝巢 wō cháo .

The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.

快速 kuài sù 投递 tóu dì 额外 éwài 费用 fèi yòng .

You have to pay a premium for express delivery.

外面 wài miàn xià zhāo 毛毛细雨, 天气 tiānqì yòu Lěng yòu 湿 shī ,令人 lìng rén 难受 nánshòu .

It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp.

Words with wài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wài outside wài
另外 lìngwài additional另外 lìngwài
外面 wài miàn outside外面 wài miàn
意外 yìwài unexpected意外 yìwài
之外 zhī wài outside之外 zhī wài
此外 cǐwài besides此外 cǐwài
国外 guó wài abroad國外
以外 yǐ wài apart from以外 yǐ wài
外套 wài tào coat外套 wài tào
外国 wài guó foreign (country)外國
对外 duì wài external對外
外科 wài kē surgery (branch of medicine)外科 wài kē
外星人 wài xīng rén space alien外星人 wài xīng rén
外表 wàibiǎo external外表 wàibiǎo
外交 wàijiāo diplomacy外交 wàijiāo
外资 wài zī foreign investment外資
外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother外婆 wài pó
额外 éwài extra額外
外界 wàijiè external外界 wàijiè
例外 lìwài exception例外 lìwài
外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is外地 wài dì
外出 wài chū to go out外出 wài chū
国内外 guó nèi wài at home and abroad國內外
外遇 wài yù extramarital affair外遇 wài yù
外部 wài bù external外部 wài bù

wài Decomposition & Compounds

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wài Decomposition

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wài Compounds

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