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外头

外頭
wàitou
noun HSK 6 #8,004

Meanings

  1. 1 outside; outdoors (colloquial)

Characters

外
wài
outside
头
tou
side; direction (suffix)
The outside direction - outside.

Examples

HSK 1
孩子们在外头玩呢。
Háizi men zài wàitou wán ne.
The kids are playing outside.
HSK 3
外头冷，进来暖和暖和。
Wàitou lěng, jìnlái nuǎnhuo nuǎnhuo.
It's cold outside; come in and warm up.
HSK 5
他刚毕业，还没真正接触过外头的社会。
Tā gāng bìyè, hái méi zhēnzhèng jiēchù guò wàitou de shèhuì.
He just graduated and hasn't really been exposed to the outside world yet.

Tips

usage
外头 is the colloquial/northern Chinese version of 外面 (wàimiàn). The suffix 头 makes directional words more casual: 里头 (inside), 前头 (ahead), 后头 (behind).

Stroke Order

外 wài
头 tóu