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)

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• 国外(國外) abroad; overseas; foreign
• 外商 foreign businessman
• 家丑不可外扬(家醜不可外揚) family shames must not be aired in public
• 外观(外觀) exterior condition; exterior appearance
• 外围(外圍) to surround
• 课外读物(課外讀物) extracurricular reading material
• 秀外慧中 good-looking and intelligent
• 外子 (polite) my husband
• 外貌协会(外貌協會) the good-looks club
• 体外受精(體外受精) in vitro fertilization
• 禁止外出 to forbid somebody to go out; to curfew; to ground (as disciplinary measure)
• 外国媒体(外國媒體) foreign news media
• 外交界 diplomatic cirlces
• 墙外道(牆外道) beyond the wall there is a trail
• 外皮 outer skin; carapace
• 对外(對外) external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign affairs
• 外分泌 exocrine; external secretion (e.g. saliva)
• 外孙子(外孫子) daughter's son; grandson
• 城市以外 outside the city
• 不外 not beyond the scope of; nothing more than
• 外电(外電) news from foreign news agencies
• 外披 to drape
• 强权外交(強權外交) use of military power in international politics
• 外积(外積) exterior product; the cross product of two vectors
• 境内外(境內外) within and without the borders; domestic and foreign; home and abroad
• 外文系(外文係) department of foreign languages; modern languages (college department)
• 内症外症(內症外症) internal and external symptoms
• 建立正式外交关系(建立正式外交關係) formally establish diplomatic relations
• 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外(運籌帷幄之中，決勝千里之外) a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle
• 整形外科医生(整形外科醫生) plastic surgeon
• 外资(外資) foreign investment
• 九霄云外(九霄雲外) beyond the clouds in the highest heaven; a very high and remote place
• 外海 offshore; open sea
• 开外(開外) over and above (some amount); beyond (budget)
• 外来(外來) external; foreign; outside
• 外部 external part
• 细胞外液(細胞外液) extracellular fluid
• 外头(外頭) outside
• 野外定向 orienteering
• 除外 to exclude; not including; except for
• 外强中干(外強中乾) strong in appearance but weak in reality
• 外事处(外事處) Foreign Affairs Office (at a university); Foreign Affairs Department
• 外科手术(外科手術) surgery
• 拇外翻 bunion; hallux valgus

Also contained in

外郎 、 四川外国语大学 、 儒林外史 、 外部网 、 外来语 、 大连外国语大学 、 外朝

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Truncated for common words

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• 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17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 47
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• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 38
• 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105之一 天象志一之一 Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 35
• 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
• 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

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
• 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
• 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
• 外仆 (外僕) 外僕髡屯禽之以獻 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3