外 wài

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Traditional form

外 wài

Contains the radical

夕 xī

Part of speech

Location word / 方位词 fāng wèi cí Fāngwèi cí

Learning hint

Night-time 夕 xī divinations 卜 bo ; the supernatural, the foreign

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰夕卜

Explanation

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

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除下了 le 一阵 yī zhèn 大雨 dà yǔ 外 wài ,天气 tiānqì 还是 háishi 很 hěn 好 hǎo 的 de .

The weather was good except for an occasional shower.

由于 yóuyú 天气 tiānqì 好 hǎo ,孩子 háizi 们 men 都 dōu 待 dāi 在 zài 外面 wài miàn 没 méi 回来 huí lai .

The children remained out because of the good weather.

除了 chúle 汤 Tāng 是 shì 凉 Liáng 的 de 以外 yǐ wài ,那 Nā 顿 dùn 饭菜 fàn cài 是 shì 很 hěn 好 hǎo 的 de .

The soup was cold, but it was otherwise an excellent meal.

寄 jì 往 wǎng 国外 guó wài 的 de 包裹 bāoguǒ 一定 yīdìng 要 yāo 包 Bāo 好 hǎo .

Parcels must be properly bound up for posting to other countries.

我们 wǒmen 已 yǐ 为 wéi 外宾 wài bīn 安排 ānpái 好 hǎo 了 le (看 kān )演出 yǎnchū .

We have arranged the performance for the foreign guests.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 外 wài in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
外 wài	outside	外 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