外 - Mandarin word #5124

外

wài

Traditional: 外

#5124 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

outside; external; foreign

Stroke order

外

雨yǔ。

It's raining outside.

，。

Also, I have one more question.

。

He is waiting for you outside.

。

She waited outside for a long time.

。

Outsiders are not allowed to enter.

外 (wài) means outside or external. It anchors 外面 (wài miàn) "outside" and 另外 (lìng wài) "in addition".

另外

in addition, besides, another

外面

outside, exterior, outdoors

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 外.

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This word is part of lesson 103.