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
- 外分泌 exocrine; external secretion (e.g. saliva)
- 外耳 outer ear
- 外勤 field work; field personnel; any occupation that involves a great deal of field work
- 震惊中外(震驚中外) to shock the whole world
- 徼外 beyond the border
- 外源凝集素 (biochemistry) lectin
- 外间(外間) outer room; the external world; outside
- 外边(外邊) outside; exterior ; somewhere other than one's native place
- 外甥女儿(外甥女兒) sister's daugther; wife's sibling's daugther
- 外相 Foreign Minister ; exterior appearance
- 出乎意外 beyond expectation; unexpected
- 外披 to drape
- 外来物种(外來物種) an introduced species
- 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
- 外艰(外艱) mourning for a father ; foreign aggression
- 外出 to go out
- 外八字脚(外八字腳) splayed feet
- 外籍劳工(外籍勞工) foreign worker
- 外插 to extrapolate; to plug in (a peripheral device etc)
- 外史 unofficial history ; a man of letters ; Court Attendant of the Exterior; Record Keeper
- 外貌主义(外貌主義) lookism
- 外汇储备(外匯儲備) foreign-exchange reserves
- 外水 extra income
- 课外读物(課外讀物) extracurricular reading material
- 外邦人 gentile
- 外交家 a diplomat
- 海外赤子 patriotic overseas compatriot
- 外层(外層) outer layer; outer shell
- 外表 external appearance ; frontier; border
- 外质膜(外質膜) external plasma membrane
- 外加剂(外加劑) additive
- 外院 off campus
- 意料之外 contrary to expectation; unexpected
- 捞外快(撈外快) to make extra money
- 开外(開外) over and above (some amount); beyond (budget)
- 细胞外液(細胞外液) extracellular fluid
- 外丹 Taoist external alchemy
- 城里关外(城裡關外) city and outside area
- 外泄 to leak
- 内外兼修(內外兼修) (of a person) beautiful inside and out
- 金玉其外，败絮其中(金玉其外，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
- 对外(對外) external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign affairs
- 外国人(外國人) foreigner
- 国际外交(國際外交) foreign policy
- 外人 outsider ; foreigner ; an estranged person ; a person from a different place
Also contained in
外交政策 、 外延 、 对外贸易经济合作部 、 涉外 、 大外 、 道外区
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107上 律曆志三上 Volume 107a Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 34
- 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
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
- 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
- 方城外 (方城外) 方城外之縣尹也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 外州 (外州) 或淫于外州 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3