外 (wài)
outside/external
How 外 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夕 — evening/unset
- Traditional
- 外
- Simplified
- 外 (unchanged)
Components
- 夕 evening/unset
- 卜 divination
Common words using 外
- 另外 lìngwài
- additional; in addition; besides
- 外套 wàitào
- coat; CL:件[jian4]
- 外婆 wàipó
- (informal) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
- 外面 wàimiàn
- surface; exterior; external appearance
- 意外 yìwài
- unexpected; accident; mishap
- 中外 zhōngwài
- Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad
- 之外 zhīwài
- outside; excluding
- 九霄雲外 jiǔxiāoyúnwài
- beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away
- 以外 yǐwài
- apart from; other than; except for
- 例外 lìwài
- (make an) exception
- 內外 nèiwài
- inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately
- 分外 fènwài
- exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
外 in a sentence
外面在下雨，記得帶傘。
Wàimiàn zài xiàyǔ, jìdé dài sǎn.
“It's raining outside; remember to bring an umbrella.”
How common is 外?
外 is the 131st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 47% of all running text.
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