外
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outside; in addition; foreign; external
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Dict coverage rank #93 U+5916
How 外 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign
How to remember it
outside · Heisig RSH #118
夕 evening + magic wand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 外
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 外国人 | wài guó rén | foreigner |
| 外地人 | wài dì rén | stranger; outsider |
| 上海外国语大学 | Shàng hǎi Wài guó yǔ Dà xué | Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) |
| 西安外国语大学 | Xī ān Wài guó yǔ Dà xué | Xi'an International Studies University (XISU) |
| 人外有人，天外有天 | rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān | in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom) |
| 天外有天，人外有人 | tiān wài yǒu tiān , rén wài yǒu rén | see 人外有人，天外有天[ren2 wai4 you3 ren2 , tian1 wai4 you3 tian1] |
| 山外有山，天外有天 | shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān | (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better; in the wider world there are peop… |
| 不外 | bù wài | not beyond the scope of; nothing more than |
| 外子 | wài zǐ | (polite) my husband |
| 大外 | Dà Wài | abbr. for 大連外國語大學|大连外国语大学[Da4 lian2 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2] |
| 外人 | wài rén | outsider; foreigner; stranger |
| 国外 | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign |
| 外国 | wài guó | foreign country |
| 外水 | wài shuǐ | extra income |
| 中外 | zhōng wài | Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad |
| 外头 | wài tou | outside; outdoors |
| 外心 | wài xīn | (of a married person) interest in a third person; (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal dispo… |
| 道外区 | Dào wài Qū | Daowai, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 外地 | wài dì | parts of the country other than where one is |
| 天外 | Tiān Wài | abbr. for 天津外國語大學|天津外国语大学[Tian1 jin1 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2] |