外

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wài ㄨㄞˋ

- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external

Other words read wài

wai with other tones

歪 wāi askew
崴 wǎi sprain
呙 wāi lopsided
㖞 wāi awry

Other words read wài

wai with other tones

歪 wāi askew
崴 wǎi sprain
咼 wāi lopsided
喎 wāi awry

The stroke order and parts of 外

部首 radical: 夕
笔画 strokes: 5, with 2 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 夕卜

Practise writing 外this character

Trace 外, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

Writing drills that include 外: HSK 1 vocabulary, part 2: writing drill 5 of 9, HSK 2 vocabulary, part 2: writing drill 8 of 9, HSK 3 vocabulary, part 6: writing drill 1 of 8 and 31 more.

Potential verbal descriptions

外(wài)国(guó)的(de)外(wài) wàiguó de wài ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄨㄞˋ
夕(xī)卜(bo)外(wài) xī bo wài ㄒㄧˋ ˙ㄅㄛㄨㄞˋ

Words with 外

Starting with 外

外交部 wàijiāobù foreign office
外国 wàiguó foreign country
外交 wàijiāo diplomacy
外面 wàimiàn outside
外资 wàizī foreign investment
外贸 wàimào foreign trade
外界 wàijiè outside world
外汇 wàihuì foreign (currency) exchange
外部 wàibù outside
外地 wàidì parts of the country other than where one is
外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
外长 wàizhǎng foreign minister

All 230 words starting with 外

Ending with 外

另外 lìngwài additional
此外 cǐwài besides
之外 zhīwài outside
对外 duìwài external
国外 guówài abroad
门外 ménwài outside the door
以外 yǐwài apart from
海外 hǎiwài overseas
意外 yìwài unexpected
国内外 guónèiwài domestic and international
中外 zhōngwài Sino-foreign
内外 nèiwài inside and outside

All 84 words ending with 外

Containing 外

对外贸易 duìwàimàoyì foreign trade
紫外线 zǐwàixiàn ultraviolet ray
红外线 hóngwàixiàn infrared ray
不外乎 bùwàihū nothing else but
里应外合 lǐyìngwàihé act together
节外生枝 jiéwàishēngzhī new problems arise unexpectedly
神经外科 shénjīngwàikē neurosurgery
身外之物 shēnwàizhīwù mere worldly possessions
婚外情 hūnwàiqíng extramarital affair
弦外之音 xiánwàizhīyīn overtone
内忧外患 nèiyōuwàihuàn internal trouble and outside aggression
党外人士 dǎngwàirénshì non-party members

All 97 words containing 外

Words with 外

Starting with 外

外交部 wàijiāobù foreign office
外國 wàiguó foreign country
外交 wàijiāo diplomacy
外面 wàimiàn outside
外資 wàizī foreign investment
外貿 wàimào foreign trade
外界 wàijiè outside world
外匯 wàihuì foreign (currency) exchange
外部 wàibù outside
外地 wàidì parts of the country other than where one is
外語 wàiyǔ foreign language
外長 wàizhǎng foreign minister

All 230 words starting with 外

Ending with 外

另外 lìngwài additional
此外 cǐwài besides
之外 zhīwài outside
對外 duìwài external
國外 guówài abroad
門外 ménwài outside the door
以外 yǐwài apart from
海外 hǎiwài overseas
意外 yìwài unexpected
國內外 guónèiwài domestic and international
中外 zhōngwài Sino-foreign
內外 nèiwài inside and outside

All 84 words ending with 外

Containing 外

對外貿易 duìwàimàoyì foreign trade
紫外線 zǐwàixiàn ultraviolet ray
紅外線 hóngwàixiàn infrared ray
不外乎 bùwàihū nothing else but
裡應外合 lǐyìngwàihé act together
節外生枝 jiéwàishēngzhī new problems arise unexpectedly
神經外科 shénjīngwàikē neurosurgery
身外之物 shēnwàizhīwù mere worldly possessions
婚外情 hūnwàiqíng extramarital affair
弦外之音 xiánwàizhīyīn overtone
內憂外患 nèiyōuwàihuàn internal trouble and outside aggression
黨外人士 dǎngwàirénshì non-party members

All 97 words containing 外

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Sources

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