外 wài
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wài
noun
outside
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; Unihan '外') -
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) -
wài
adjective
external; outer
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; NCCED '外' 1; Unihan '外') -
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') -
wài
noun
exterior; outer surface
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 2) -
wài
noun
a remote place
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 5) -
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) -
wài
noun
husband
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Term used by the husband's wife (Kroll 2015 '外' 7) -
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) -
wài
verb
to be extra; to be additional
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '外' v 2; NCCED '外' 4) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
wài
verb
to betray; to forsake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 背叛 (Guoyu '外' v 3)
Contained in
- 红外光谱(紅外光譜) infrared spectrum
- 另外 in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore ; other; another ; separately
- 外企 foreign owned business
- 外族 mother's clan ; other peoples
- 驻外使(駐外使) diplomatic envoy; diplomatic mission; embassy
- 内行看门道,外行看热闹(內行看門道,外行看熱鬧) while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show
- 场外应急(場外應急) general emergency (or off-site emergency) (nuclear facility emergency classification)
- 外国资本(外國資本) foreign capital
- 外劳(外勞) foreign worker
- 外国话(外國話) foreign languages
- 外观(外觀) exterior condition; exterior appearance
- 外界 the outside world ; not connected with
- 外媒 foreign news media
- 对外贸易(對外貿易) foreign trade
- 外科学(外科學) surgery
- 内症外症(內症外症) internal and external symptoms
- 外照射 external irradiation
- 丁外艰(丁外艱) to suffer the loss of one's father
- 外出访问(外出訪問) to make an official visit (often abroad)
- 外币(外幣) foreign currency
- 外快 extra income
- 中外 Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign ; exterior surface ; central and regional
- 此外 besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- 外甥 sister's son; wife's sibling's son
- 正外部性 positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
- 外心 interest in a third person ; disloyal disposition ; circumcenter
- 付之度外 to think nothing of doing something; to do something without considering the risks
- 外文姓名 foreign name
- 言外之意 unspoken implication; the actual meaning of what was said
- 外语(外語) foreign language
- 墙外行人(牆外行人) outside the wall a traveller passes
- 外强中干(外強中乾) strong in appearance but weak in reality
- 额外补贴(額外補貼) to give an extra subsidy, or bonus etc; bonus; perquisite
- 格外 especially ; exceptional
- 外阴(外陰) vulva
- 局外人 outsider
- 课外读物(課外讀物) extracurricular reading material
- 外层空间(外層空間) outer space
- 境内外(境內外) within and without the borders; domestic and foreign; home and abroad
- 置身事外 to stay aloof from a matter
- 外边(外邊) outside; exterior ; somewhere other than one's native place
- 外号(外號) nickname
- 皮外伤(皮外傷) superficial wound; a bruise
- 彻里彻外(徹裡徹外) right through from inside to out; completely
Also contained in
尼犍陀弗咀罗外道 、 北二外 、 外加附件 、 对外贸易经济合作部 、 杨太真外传 、 外交手腕 、 国家外汇管理局
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 59
- 卷107下 律曆志三下 Volume 107b Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 47
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 47
- 卷四十七 志第二十三 禮一 Volume 47 Treatises 23: Rites 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 39
- 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 38
- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 35
- 卷105之一 天象志一之一 Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 35
- 卷八十三 志第三十三: 選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 35
- 卷五十八 新五代史考第一 Volume 58 Examination on the New Five Dynasties : New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 34
- 卷107上 律曆志三上 Volume 107a Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 34
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: 7
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 恃外 (恃外) 恃外也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — 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