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Pinyin wài

Radical

夕

Strokes

Definition

outside / in addition / foreign / external

Usage

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外 [wài] 名词 1. 同本义。与“内”或“里”相对 [En.] outside; outer. 2. 外表;仪表 [En.] appearance. 3. 表面 [En.] surface; face; outside appearance. 4. 古代妻子对丈夫的称呼 [En.] husband. 5. 外国 [En.] foreign country. 6. 外地;异乡 [En.] province; another part of the country. 7. 外物。亦谓视为外物。身外之物，多指利欲功名之类; 亦指外界的人或事物 [En.] external things. 8. 指男子。亦指男宠，男色 [En.] man. 9. 母亲、妻子、姐妹或儿女方面的(指亲属) [En.] (relatives) of one's mother, sisters or daughters. 10. 指外廷臣僚 [En.] minister outside court. 11. 指地方官。亦谓京官调任地方官 [En.] local officials. 12. 指吏役人等 [En.] servant. 13. 以外 [En.] beyond; outside. 14. 以前 [En.] before; formerly. 15. 外来的 [En.] foreign. 16. 佛教称其他宗教、思想为外，自称为内 [En.] other. 17. 传统戏曲脚色行当 [En.] wai. 动词 1. 疏远。关系、感情上保持距离 [En.] drift apart. 2. 背离 [En.] deviate. 3. 排斥 [En.] repel. 4. 抛弃 [En.] abandon. 形容词 1. 另外;其他;别的 [En.] in addition; besides; other. 2. 异;不一 [En.] different. 3. 非正式的，非正规的，不正当的 [En.] unofficial; irregular; unjust.

外号 wài hào

nickname

外商 wài shāng

foreign businessman

喜出望外 xǐ chū wàng wài

to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events

内外交困 nèi wài jiāo kùn

be beset with troubles internally and externally

外围 wài wéi

surrounding

外国 wài guó

foreign (country) / CL:個|个[ge4]

国外 guó wài

abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign

在外 zài wài

outer / excluded

外向型 wài xiàng xíng

export-oriented (economic model)

城外 chéng wài

outside of a city

外埠 wài bù

other cities

媚外 mèi wài

to fawn on foreigners / to pander to foreign powers

塞外 sài wài

beyond the Great Wall

境外 jìng wài

outside (a country's) borders

外墙 wài qiáng

facade / external wall

外壳 wài ké

envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case

此外 cǐ wài

besides / in addition / moreover / furthermore

外面 wài miàn

outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance

对外 duì wài

external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)

门外 mén wài

outside the door

外资 wài zī

foreign investment

海外 hǎi wài

overseas / abroad

意外 yì wài

unexpected / accident / mishap / CL:個|个[ge4]

外贸 wài mào

foreign trade

中外 zhōng wài

Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad

额外 é wài

extra / added / additional

外界 wài jiè

the outside world / external

内外夹攻 nèi wài jiā gōng

a crossfire / a simultaneous attack from within and without / attack from both inside and outside / be attacked from inside and outside / both from within and from without

外套 wài tào

coat / jacket / CL:件[jian4]

外姓 wài xìng

(people) not of the same surname

外婆 wài pó

(coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother

崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài

to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas

宫外孕 gōng wài yùn

exfetation / ectopic pregnancy / extrauterine pregnancy

外孙 wài sūn

daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line

室外 shì wài

outdoor

外宾 wài bīn

foreign guest / international visitor

外寇 wài kòu

Outsider

对外开放 duì wài kāi fàng

open-door to the outside world / opening to the outside world

屋外 wū wài

outside the room

外币 wài bì

foreign currency

外廓 wài kuò

external contour

外延 wài yán

extension (semantics)

弦外之音 xián wài zhī yīn

overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning

外形 wài xíng

figure / shape / external form / contour

另外 lìng wài

additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore

婚外恋 hūn wài liàn

see 婚外情[hun1 wai4 qing2]

外患 wài huàn

foreign aggression

外戚 wài qī

relatives of a king or an emperor on the side of his mother or wife

户外 hù wài

outdoor

吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài

live on sb. while helping others secretly

拒之门外 jù zhī mén wài

to lock one's door and refuse to see sb

拒人于千里之外 jù rén yú qiān lǐ zhī wài

unapproachable / keep sb. a thousand li away / keep at arm's length / keep a good distance from sb. / put sb. beyond the pale

攘外必先安内 rǎng wài bì xiān ān nèi

You must first settle inside

外挂 wài guà

attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game

外援 wài yuán

external help / foreign aid

内外 nèi wài

inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about

国内外 guó nèi wài

domestic and international / at home and abroad

外敷 wài fū

to apply externally

对外贸易 duì wài mào yì

foreign trade

节外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī

a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising

校外 xiào wài

off campus

格外 gé wài

especially / particularly

世外桃源 shì wài táo yuán

see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]

棚外 péng wài

Outside the shed

外汇 wài huì

foreign (currency) exchange

外侧 wài cè

outer side

外侨 wài qiáo

foreigner

外侮 wài wǔ

(literary) foreign aggression / external threat / humiliation inflicted by outsiders

外债 wài zhài

foreign debt

外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ

mother's mother / maternal grandmother

外泄 wài xiè

to leak (usually secret information)

外分泌 wài fēn mì

exocrine / external secretion (e.g. saliva)

涉外 shè wài

concerning foreigners or foreign affairs

外溢 wài yì

overfall / overflow / spill over

外滩 Wài tān

the Shanghai Bund or Waitan

例外 lì wài

exception / to be an exception

以外 yǐ wài

apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond

外企 wài qǐ

foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业

外祖父 wài zǔ fù

maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)

外甥 wài shēng

sister's son / wife's sibling's son

外甥女 wài sheng nǚ

sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter

外痔 wài zhì

external piles / external hemorrhoid

外皮 wài pí

outer skin / carapace

外稃 wài fū

(botany) lemma

外交 wài jiāo

diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4]

外交部长 wài jiāo bù zhǎng

minister of foreign affairs

外科 wài kē

surgery (branch of medicine)

窗外 chuāng wài

out of the window / outside the window / beyond the window

外籍 wài jí

foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)

紫外 zǐ wài

ultraviolet (ray)

紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn

ultraviolet ray

外罩 wài zhào

encloser / guard / outer cover

置之度外 zhì zhī dù wài

to give no thought to / to have no regard for / to disregard

外胚层 wài pēi céng

ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)

之外 zhī wài

outside / excluding

除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài

apart from this / in addition to this

不外乎 bù wài hū

nothing else but

外交大臣 wài jiāo dà chén

Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

外衣 wài yī

outer clothing / semblance / appearance

外表 wài biǎo

external / outside / outward appearance

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