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 wǎngwài 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 wǎngwài nuó le 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 'inward', 往上 'upward', 往下 'downward'. It precedes the verb: 往外走 'walk outward', not the reverse order.

Stroke Order

往 wǎng

外 wài