外向

wàixiàng
adjective #42,056

Meanings

  1. 1 extroverted
  2. 2 outgoing
  3. 3 (economics) export-oriented

Examples

Tā xìnggé hěn wàixiàng, tèbié ài jiāo péngyou.
Her personality is very outgoing; she loves making friends.
Wàixiàng de rén tōngcháng zài rénqún zhōng gèng yǒu huólì.
Extroverts usually feel more energetic in a crowd.
Zhōngguó shì diǎnxíng de wàixiàng xíng jīngjì.
China has a typically export-oriented economy.

Tips

usage
Opposite is 内向 (nèixiàng, introverted). Personality-describing use is dominant in everyday speech. The economics sense (外向经济 'export-oriented economy') is frozen in policy/news language.
memory
Literally 'facing outward' — energy and attention directed toward the outside world. 内向 is 'facing inward.' Matches the Latin root of extro/intro-vert exactly.

Stroke Order

wài
xiàng