wài

外

outside

HSK 2.0 · 2 HSK 3.0 · 1

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国外 guó wài abroad; external (affairs) HSK 1

外国 wài guó foreign (country) HSK 1

外语 wài yǔ foreign language HSK 1

外边 wài bian outside; outer surface HSK 1

以外 yǐ wài apart from; other than HSK 2

外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is HSK 2

外卖 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business) HSK 2

另外 lìng wài additional; in addition HSK 3

外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface HSK 3

意外 yì wài unexpected; accident HSK 3

外交 wài jiāo diplomacy; diplomatic HSK 3

外文 wài wén foreign language (written) HSK 3

老师在教室外边等你。 The teacher is waiting for you outside the classroom. Lesson 17
你们学外语吗？ Do you study foreign languages? Lesson 107
学。我学汉语，也学别的外语。 Yes. I study Chinese and another foreign language too. Lesson 107
外边很冷，我们去里边吧。 It's cold outside. Let's go inside. Lesson 108
外边风很大。 It's very windy outside. Lesson 113
外边下雨了吗？ Is it raining outside? Lesson 113

Ideographic: Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign

Same radical 夕

duō 多 yè 夜 gòu 够

Same sound

wāi 歪

Also HSK 1

de 的 le 了 wǒ 我 shì 是 nǐ 你 zài 在 bù 不 yǒu 有