外放

wàifàng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to play audio out loud (via speakers, not earphones)
  2. 2 (of a person) extroverted / outgoing
  3. 3 (old/formal) to be posted to an office outside the capital

Examples

Dìtiě shàng bié wàifàng shìpín, dài ge ěrjī ba.
Don't play videos out loud on the subway — just put on earphones.
Tā xìnggé bǐjiào wàifàng, jùhuì lǐ yìbān shì qìfēn dāndāng.
She's on the outgoing side — usually the life of the party.

Tips

culture
'地铁外放' (subway loud-speaker playing) is a pet peeve of urban commuters and a recurring social-media complaint genre — nationally codified as impolite behavior by the Beijing Metro in 2020, which fines 外放 up to 50 yuan.
usage
The 'extroverted' sense is informal, often contrasted with 内向 (introverted) in MBTI and personality-style talk.

Stroke Order

wài
fàng