国外
guó wài 2–4
abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign
- Characters
- 2
- 国 · 外
- Syllables
- 2
- guó wài
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 3,896
Part of speech: s
Character by character
- 国guó8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 國nation, country, nation-state
- 外wài5 strokesHSK 1out, outside, external; foreign
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 国外. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 国家guó jiāHSK 1
country; nation; state
- 外wàiHSK 1
outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 另外lìng wàiHSK 3
additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore
- 中国zhōng guóHSK 1
China
- 全国quán guóHSK 2
whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- 国际guó jìHSK 2
international
- 外面wài miànHSK 3
outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- 国guóHSK 1
country; nation; state; (bound form) national
- 意外yì wàiHSK 3
unexpected; accident; mishap
- 之外zhī wàiHSK 5
outside; excluding
- 以外yǐ wàiHSK 2
apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- 国内guó nèiHSK 3
domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- 外套wài tàoHSK 4
coat; jacket
- 国王guó wángHSK 6
king
- 此外cǐ wàiHSK 4
besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- 联合国lián hé guóHSK 3
United Nations
- 外国wài guóHSK 1
foreign (country)
- 祖国zǔ guóHSK 6
motherland
- 外科wài kēHSK 6
surgery (branch of medicine)
- 国会guó huìHSK 6
Parliament (UK); Congress (US); Diet (Japan); Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
- 帝国dì guóHSK 7
empire; imperial
- 外表wài biǎoHSK 7
external; outside; outward appearance
- 外交wài jiāoHSK 3
diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs
- 例外lì wàiHSK 5
exception; to be an exception