外 wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- Made of
- 夕 evening, night, dusk 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
外
wài
outside, outer
Character
Example phrases
- 他在门外等我。 Tā zài mén wài děng wǒ. He's waiting for me outside the door.
- 门外有人。 Mén wài yǒu rén. There's someone outside the door.
- 窗外下雪了。 Chuāng wài xià xuě le. It's snowing outside the window.
Related words
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外边 wàibian outside
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
- 里边 lǐbian inside
- 旁边 pángbiān beside, next to
- 里 lǐ in, inside
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 下边 xiàbian below, underneath
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 下 xià down, below; to go down; to finish (work or class)
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor