外 (ngoi6 | wai4) : external, foreign; alienate

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外

ngoi6

wai4

[1] out; outside; external [2] foreign; alien [3] diplomatic; diplomacy [4] besides; in addition [5] a term referring to one's husband [6] a role n Chinese opera for old men [7] [v] alienate [8] on wife's or mother's side [9] relatives of one's sisters or daughters

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 夕 (#36)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

外

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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以外 ji5 ngoi6 yi3 wai4 = outside; beyond

外面 ngoi6 min6 wai4 mian4 = outside

外頭 ngoi6 tau4 wai4 tou5 = outside

外國 ngoi6 gwok3 wai4 guo2 = foreign; foreign country

外便 ngoi6 bin6 = outside 粵

外父 ngoi6 fu6*2 wai4 fu4 = Father in law 粵

之外 zi1 ngoi6 zhi1 wai4 = outside

外語 ngoi6 jyu5 wai4 yu3 = foreign language

外國人 ngoi6 gwok3 jan4 wai4 guo2 ren2 = a foreigner

外商 ngoi6 soeng1 wai4 shang1 = foreign businessman
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快要達成協議時對方節外生枝國
An agreement was about to be reached when the other side raised new issues

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