外国
wàiguó
foreign country
Characters in this word
国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他是外国人。 Tā shì wàiguó rén. He is a foreigner.
- 我想去外国。 Wǒ xiǎng qù wàiguó. I want to go abroad.
- 我有很多外国朋友。 Wǒ yǒu hěn duō wàiguó péngyou. I have lots of foreign friends.
- 外国有很多学生。 Wàiguó yǒu hěn duō xuésheng. There are many students abroad.
- 她明年去外国。 Tā míngnián qù wàiguó. She is going abroad next year.
- 外国的饭好吃吗？ Wàiguó de fàn hǎochī ma? Is foreign food tasty?
- 爸爸在外国工作。 Bàba zài wàiguó gōngzuò. Dad works in a foreign country.
- 我们从外国回来。 Wǒmen cóng wàiguó huílái. We're coming back from a foreign country.
- 外国的学生会说汉语。 Wàiguó de xuésheng huì shuō Hànyǔ. Students from foreign countries can speak Chinese.
- 小王没去过外国。 Xiǎo Wáng méi qù guo wàiguó. Xiao Wang has never been abroad.
Related words
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外 wài outside, outer
- 外边 wàibian outside
- 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 外卖 wàimài takeout delivery
- 以外 yǐwài outside; except for
- 另外 lìngwài other; in addition
- 外交 wàijiāo diplomacy
- 外面 wàimiàn outside
- 外文 wàiwén foreign language; foreign writing
- 意外 yìwài accident; unexpected event