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CHINESE CHARACTER

wài

外

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outside

Numbered pinyin: wai4
English meanings: outside, in addition, foreign, external

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 夕; right 卜.

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Decomposition reference

⿰夕卜

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)

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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

wāi歪
askew
HSK 7-9

Example sentences

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01
wàimian外面xiàyǔ下雨le了。
It's raining outside.
02
tā他zài在mén门wài外děng等wǒ我。
He's waiting outside the door.
03
wàitào外套fàng放zài在yǐzi椅子shàng上。
The coat is on the chair.
04
bié别zài在wū屋wài外dài待tài太jiǔ久。
Don't stay outside too long.
05
chuāng窗wài外yǒu有kē棵shù树。
There's a tree outside the window.
06
chūguó出国zài在wài外hěn很xiǎng想jiā家。
Being abroad, I miss home.

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