往外

wǎngwài

adverb

Meanings

1 outward
2 outbound
3 to the outside

Characters

Examples

请往外走,不要堵在门口。

Qǐng wǎng wài zǒu, bùyào dǔ zài ménkǒu.

Please walk outward — don't block the doorway.

他把椅子往外挪了一点。

Tā bǎ yǐzi wǎng wài nuóle yīdiǎn.

He shifted the chair outward a little.

Tips

grammar

往 (wǎng) + direction word marks the direction of motion. Pairs: 往外 'outward', 往里 (wǎng lǐ) 'inward', 往上 (wǎng shàng) 'upward', 往下 (wǎng xià) 'downward'. It precedes the verb: 往外走 'walk outward', not *走往外.

Stroke Order

往 wǎng

外 wài