外来
wàilái
external, foreign
Characters in this word
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 外来物种如果没有天敌，可能会破坏本地生态平衡。 Wàilái wùzhǒng rúguǒ méiyǒu tiāndí, kěnéng huì pòhuài běndì shēngtài pínghéng. If an introduced species has no natural enemies, it may damage the local ecological balance.
- 外来的游客越来越多，小镇变得热闹了。 Wàilái de yóukè yuè lái yuè duō, xiǎozhèn biàn de rènao le. More and more visitors from elsewhere came, and the little town became lively.
- 这个词是外来词，意思是从别的语言借来的。 Zhège cí shì wàiláicí, yìsi shì cóng bié de yǔyán jiè lái de. This word is a loanword, meaning it was borrowed from another language.
Related words
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外 wài outside, outer
- 外边 wàibian outside
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 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