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外
wài
1. outside
2. in addition
3. foreign
4. external
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

外
wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
HSK 2 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

外场
wàichǎng
outfield (baseball)
外币
wàibì
foreign currency
外向
wàixiàng
outward-looking
HSK 6
外埔
Wàibù
Waipu township in Taichung county [[臺中縣|台中县<Táizhōngxiàn>]], Taiwan
外孙
wàisūn
daughter's son
外带
wàidài
take-out (fast food)
外务
wàiwù
foreign affairs
外汇
wàihuì
foreign (currency) exchange
外来
wàilái
external
外地
wàidì
parts of the country other than where one is
外套
wàitào
coat
外媒
wàiméi
foreign news media
外加
wàijiā
in addition
外差
wàichā
heterodyne (electronics)
外企
wàiqǐ
foreign enterprise
外丹
wàidān
Taoist external alchemy
外劳
wàiláo
abbr. for [[外籍勞工|外籍劳工<wàijíláogōng>]]
外包
wàibāo
outsourcing
塞外
sàiwài
beyond the Great Wall
境外
jìngwài
outside (a country's) borders

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
130
Word Frequency Rank
660 of 84,292

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