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)

Contained in

• 墙外汉(牆外漢) outsider
• 节外生枝(節外生枝) a new branch grows out of a knot; new issues keep arising
• 秀外慧中 good-looking and intelligent
• 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
• 神经外科(神經外科) neurosurgery
• 正外部性 positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
• 外爷(外爺) maternal grandfather
• 意料之外 contrary to expectation; unexpected
• 外行 non-professional ; a layperson; an amatuer
• 付之度外 to think nothing of doing something; to do something without considering the risks
• 外高加索 Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
• 不外乎 nothing else but
• 海外奇谈(海外奇談) a strange story from abroad
• 界外 outside of the border
• 外似謇正 an upright external appearance
• 外层空间(外層空間) outer space
• 语数外(語數外) Chinese, math, and English (school subjects)
• 局外人 outsider
• 外源 exogenous
• 外界 the outside world ; not connected with
• 外壳(外殼) envelope; outer shell; hull; cover; case
• 外貌主义(外貌主義) lookism
• 外带(外帶) as well; besides ; tire ; takeout
• 体外受精(體外受精) in vitro fertilization
• 员外(員外) landlord
• 外面 outside; exterior
• 外号(外號) nickname
• 保外就医(保外就醫) to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)
• 分外 particularly; exceptionally ; not one's responsibility or job
• 建立正式外交关系(建立正式外交關係) formally establish diplomatic relations
• 表面外膜 surface coat
• 胳膊肘朝外拐 the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side
• 负外部性(負外部性) negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
• 外务(外務) foreign affairs
• 外国旅游者(外國旅遊者) foreign traveler
• 外场(外場) public social arena ; an outdoors area ; an outer area
• 以外 exception
• 其外 besides ; outside
• 外国投资者(外國投資者) foreign investor
• 外孙女(外孫女) daughter's daughter; granddaughter
• 外衣 outer clothing
• 外交部长(外交部長) minister of foreign affairs
• 攘外安内(攘外安內) to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country
• 外地 parts of the country other than where one is
• 室外 outdoors

Also contained in

尼干陀子外道 、 北京外国语大学 、 外埔 、 外交大臣 、 外郎 、 外加附件

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17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 47
• 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105之一 天象志一之一 Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — 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
• 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
• 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