外地

wàidì

noun HSK 2 #12,317

Meanings

他是外地人。

Tā shì wàidìrén.

He's from out of town.

很多外地人来北京工作。

Hěn duō wàidìrén lái Běijīng gōngzuò.

Many people from other places come to Beijing to work.

我是外地来的，不太熟悉这里。

Wǒ shì wàidì lái de, bù tài shúxī zhèlǐ.

I'm from out of town, I'm not very familiar with this place.

usage

外地 means 'not from here' relative to where you are. The opposite is 本地 (local).

culture

外地人 is a common identity marker in China, where the household registration system (户口) ties people to their hometown.

外 wài

地 dì