外贸

外貿

wàimào

noun HSK 7-9 #45,291

Meanings

1 foreign trade; international trade

Characters

outside; foreign; external

trade; commerce

Short for 对外贸易 ('foreign trade'). 外 (foreign) + 贸 (trade).

Examples

HSK 2

她在一家外贸公司工作。

Tā zài yì jiā wàimào gōngsī gōngzuò.

She works at a foreign trade company.

HSK 7-9

中国的外贸总额持续增长。

Zhōngguó de wàimào zǒng'é chíxù zēngzhǎng.

China's total foreign trade volume continues to grow.

Tips

usage

外贸 is an abbreviation of 对外贸易. In Chinese shopping, 外贸尾货 refers to leftover goods originally produced for export - they're sold domestically at discount prices and are sometimes of higher quality than domestic versions.

Stroke Order

外 wài

贸 mào