外 wài

1. wài noun outside
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; Unihan '外')
2. wài preposition out; outer
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: May be classified as a localizer because it can be appended to some nouns as a suffix to indicate location. For example, 户外 'outdoors.' (Guoyu '外' n 1; NCCED '外' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 903)
3. wài adjective external; outer
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; NCCED '外' 1; Unihan '外')
4. wài noun foreign countries
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 外国 (Guoyu '外' n 2; Kroll 2015 '外' 4; NCCED '外' 2; Unihan '外')
5. wài noun exterior; outer surface
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 2)
6. wài noun a remote place
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 5)
7. wài prefix maternal side; wife's family members
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 外甥 'nephew' - son of mother's sister (Guoyu '外' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '外' 6; NCCED '外' 7)
8. wài noun husband
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Term used by the husband's wife (Kroll 2015 '外' 7)
9. wài adjective other
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Other than one's own; in the sense of 别的 or 其他 (Guoyu '外' adj 3; NCCED '外' 3)
10. wài verb to be extra; to be additional
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '外' v 2; NCCED '外' 4)
11. wài adjective unofficial; informal; exoteric
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 外号 'alias' and 外传 'unofficial biography' (Kroll 2015 '外' 3; NCCED '外' 5)
12. wài noun role of an old man
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
    Notes: In Chinese opera (Guoyu '外' n 3; NCCED '外' 8)
13. wài verb to drift apart; to become estranged
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 疏远 (Guoyu '外' v 1)
14. wài verb to betray; to forsake
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 背叛 (Guoyu '外' v 3)

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• 局外人 outsider
• 外来(外來) external; foreign; outside
• 名为外臣(名爲外臣) nominally a foreign vassal
• 交通意外 traffic accident; car crash
• 攘外 to resist foreign aggression
• 外壳(外殼) envelope; outer shell; hull; cover; case
• 外艰(外艱) mourning for a father ; foreign aggression
• 紫外线光(紫外線光) ultraviolet light
• 外阴(外陰) vulva
• 度外 outside the sphere of one's consideration
• 外孙女儿(外孫女兒) granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)
• 出人意外 turned out other than expected; unexpected
• 外逃 to flee abroad; to run away; to desert; outflow
• 强权外交(強權外交) use of military power in international politics
• 屋外 outside the room
• 塞外 beyond the Great Wall
• 外分泌 exocrine; external secretion (e.g. saliva)
• 外快 extra income
• 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮(兄弟鬩於墻，外禦其侮) internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside
• 外甥媳妇(外甥媳婦) sister's son's wife
• 外耳 outer ear
• 此外 besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
• 额外(額外) extra; added; additional
• 秀外慧中 good-looking and intelligent
• 从里到外(從裡到外) from the inside to the outside; through and through; thoroughly
• 外披 to drape
• 外公 mother's father; maternal grandfather
• 置身事外 to stay aloof from a matter
• 信孚中外 to be trusted both at home and abroad
• 诚中形外(誠中形外) inner sincerity will be manifested externally
• 外蒙古 Outer Mongolia
• 置之度外 to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard
• 震惊中外(震驚中外) to shock the whole world
• 红外光谱(紅外光譜) infrared spectrum
• 外面 outside; exterior
• 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public
• 往外 out; outbound; departing
• 外邦人 gentile
• 仇人相见，分外眼红(仇人相見，分外眼紅) when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred
• 外推 to extrapolate
• 人外有人，天外有天 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
• 外国人居住证明(外國人居住證明) foreigner's certificate of residence
• 外来投资(外來投資) foreign investment
• 开外(開外) over and above (some amount); beyond (budget)

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Collocations

• 外内 (外內) 外內惡之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 16
• 外取 (外取) 請外取 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 9
• 外夫人 (外夫人) 外夫人不卒 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
• 外灾 (外災) 外災不書 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
• 外大夫 (外大夫) 外大夫不卒 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 外异 (外異) 外異不書 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 通外 (通外) 通外內之言以事君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 外为主 (外為主) 外為主焉爾 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 外仆 (外僕) 外僕髡屯禽之以獻 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 以为外 (以為外) 盍釋楚以為外懼乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3