外

wài

noun HSK 1 #773

Meanings

1 outside
2 foreign
3 external

Characters

outside; foreign; external

Examples

外面下雨了。

Wàimiàn xià yǔ le.

It's raining outside.

他在外面等你。

Tā zài wàimiàn děng nǐ.

He's waiting for you outside.

Tips

history

外 is made of 夕 (evening) and 卜 (divination). Ancient fortune-telling was done outside at dusk.

Stroke Order

外 wài