排外

páiwài
adjective #35,110

Meanings

  1. 1 xenophobic
  2. 2 anti-foreigner
  3. 3 exclusionary

Examples

Zhè ge xiǎo zhèn de jūmín bǐjiào páiwài.
The residents of this small town are rather unwelcoming to outsiders.
Páiwài qíngxù zài jīngjì shuāituì qī róngyì táitóu.
Xenophobic sentiment tends to rise during economic downturns.

Tips

usage
Literally 'push out + the outside/foreign'. here can mean foreigners or simply outsiders to a group, so 排外 covers both 'xenophobic' (toward foreign nationals) and 'cliquish' (toward newcomers in any community). Common collocates: 排外情绪 (xenophobic sentiment), 排外主义 (xenophobism).

Stroke Order

pái
wài