外语

Character by character

• 外wài5 strokesHSK 1out, outside, external; foreign
• 语yǔ9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 語language, words; saying, expression

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 外语. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 外wàiHSK 1

  outside; in addition; foreign; external

• 另外lìng wàiHSK 3

  additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore

• 外面wài miànHSK 3

  outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance

• 意外yì wàiHSK 3

  unexpected; accident; mishap

• 语言yǔ yánHSK 2

  language

• 英语yīng yǔHSK 2

  English (language)

• 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

• 外套wài tàoHSK 4

  coat; jacket

• 此外cǐ wàiHSK 4

  besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore

• 国外guó wàiHSK 1

  abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign

• 外国wài guóHSK 1

  foreign (country)

• 外科wài kēHSK 6

  surgery (branch of medicine)

• 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

• 外界wài jièHSK 5

  the outside world; external

• 语气yǔ qìHSK 7

  tone; manner of speaking; mood

• 外出wài chūHSK 6

  to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)

• 外婆wài póHSK 7

  (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother

• 对外duì wàiHSK 6

  external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)

• 语音yǔ yīnHSK 4

  speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message

• 外部wài bùHSK 6

  the outside; (attributive) external; exterior; surface

• 额外é wàiHSK 7

  extra; added; additional