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外向 wàixiàng

外向 wàixiàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 外向 wàixiàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wàixiàng | wai4 xiang4
English translation
outward-looking
extrovert
extroverted (personality)
export-oriented (economy)

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Traditional form

外向 wàixiàng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 外向 wàixiàng

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wài

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

夕卜

Number of Strokes

5
Xiàng

Explanation

Depicts a mouth ( kǒu ) in a closed space ( gài ) making an echo sound. Based on the original meaning "echo; sound", now written as xiǎng . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿵? kǒu

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 外向 wàixiàng

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zài Hòu bàn 部分 bùfen , 举不动 shí 学生 xuésheng yāo shòu 批评 pīpíng ,外向 wàixiàng 性格 xìnggé de 学生 xuésheng 表现 biǎoxiàn chū 不满 bù mǎn .

In the second half, the students were criticized. Extroverts were unfazed.

shì 爱出风头性格外向而且 érqiě 喜欢 xǐhuan 争论 zhēnglùn de rén

He was a showman, an extrovert who revelled in controversy.

收回 shōu huí shuì Guò de huà xiǎng 也许 yěxǔ shì 外向型 wài xiàng xíng de rén

I take it back, I think perhaps I am an extrovert.

yǒu 一种 yī zhǒng 活泼 huópo 外向 wàixiàng de 幽默感 yōu mò gǎn 看上去 kàn shang qu 大方 dàfāng 自信 zìxìn

He has a lively sense of humour and appears naturally confident.

hěn 外向 wàixiàng 喜欢 xǐhuan 交朋结友

She is such a gregarious and outgoing person.

外向 wàixiàng Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 外向 wàixiàng and their own compounds.

外向 wàixiàng Compounds

See all 14 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 外向 wàixiàng in their composition.

  • wài
  • Xiàng
    • xiǎng , xiǎng , shǎng , shǎng , xiǎng , xiàng , , , , , , , xiǎng
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