外 (wài): meaning and stroke order
外 (wài) means outside, in addition, foreign, external.
外
- Simplified
- 外
- Traditional
- 外 (same form)
- Pinyin
- wài
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Stroke order of 外
外
- wài outside; in addition
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 外
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wài
- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
Radical and structure
- 外
- Radical 夕 (Kangxi radical 36) · 5 strokes · 夕 on the left, 卜 on the right
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Words with 外
- 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is
- 外语 wài yǔ foreign language; CL:門|门[men2]
- 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
- 格外 gé wài especially; particularly; even more than usual; extra; additional
- 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
- 另外 lìng wài additional; in addition
- 外国人 wài guó rén foreigner
- 外国 wài guó foreign country
- 外行 wài háng layman; amateur
- 意外 yì wài unexpected; accident
- 以外 yǐ wài apart from; other than
- 外表 wài biǎo external; outside
外 in our stories
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唐朝时，长安城外的泾河里住着一位龙王，专门负责这一带的下雨。
Tángcháo shí Cháng'ān chéng wài de Jīng Hé lǐ zhù zhe yí wèi Lóngwáng zhuānmén fùzé zhè yídài de xiàyǔ
In the Tang dynasty, in the Jing River outside Chang'an, lived a Dragon King whose sole duty was the rain in that region.
From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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春秋时期，晋国的公子重耳为了躲避追杀，在外流亡了整整十九年。
Chūnqiū shíqī Jìnguó de gōngzǐ Chóng'ěr wèile duǒbì zhuīshā zài wài liúwáng le zhěngzhěng shíjiǔ nián
In the Spring and Autumn period, Chong'er, a prince of the state of Jin, fled assassins and lived in exile for a full nineteen years.
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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他在宫门外等了七天，鲁哀公却一直没有接见他。
tā zài gōngmén wài děng le qī tiān Lǔ Āigōng què yìzhí méiyǒu jiējiàn tā
He waited outside the palace gate for seven days, yet Duke Ai never received him.
From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 外
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).