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  ngoi6   jyutping
  wai4   pinyin
[1] outside; outer; external | [Ant]
[2] foreign; alien; other (than one's own)
[3] additional; added; extra
[4] unofficial; informal
[5] (relatives) of one's mother, sisters or daughters

adjective
Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: (#36)

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

This word has been viewed 17746 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Jan 2015 13:43

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detail  ngoi6 zip3 jyun4  wai4 jie1 yuan2 = wide receiver (American football position)
detail  ji5 ngoi6  yi3 wai4 = outside; beyond
detail  ngoi6 min6  wai4 mian4 = outside
detail  ngoi6 tau4  wai4 tou5 = outside
detail  ngoi6 gwok3  wai4 guo2 = foreign; foreign country
detail 便  ngoi6 bin6   = outside
detail  ngoi6 fu6*2  wai4 fu4 = Father in law
detail  zi1 ngoi6  zhi1 wai4 = outside
detail  lou5 ngoi6  lao3 wai4 = name for a non-oriental foreigner
detail  ngoi6 jyu5  wai4 yu3 = foreign language
See all 244 compounds (CantoDict reports 269 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 外
detail 快要達成協議對方節外生枝
An agreement was about to be reached when the other side raised new issues

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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