仇外

chóuwài
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to feel animosity toward foreigners
  2. 2 xenophobia
  3. 3 to be xenophobic

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wǎngluò shàng de chóuwài yánlùn yuèláiyuè duō.
There's more and more xenophobic rhetoric online.
HSK 7-9
Tā bù chóuwài, dàn fǎnduì mángmù chóngyáng.
He isn't xenophobic, but he opposes blind worship of the West.

Tips

usage
Pairs with its opposite 崇洋 (chóngyáng - 'to worship the foreign'). Both are common in opinion writing about Chinese attitudes toward outsiders. The full noun form is 仇外心理 (chóuwài xīnlǐ - 'xenophobic mentality').

Stroke Order

仇 chóu
外 wài