外面

Character by character

• 外wài5 strokesHSK 1out, outside, external; foreign
• 面miàn9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 麵face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

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

Example sentences

• 我在外面等。

  Wǒ zài wài miàn děng

  I'm waiting outside.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 外面. 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

• 方面fāng miànHSK 2

  respect; aspect; field; side

• 面miànHSK 2

  face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

• 里面lǐ miànHSK 3

  inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian]

• 另外lìng wàiHSK 3

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

• 面前miàn qiánHSK 2

  in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)

• 面对miàn duìHSK 3

  to face; to confront

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

  the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

• 下面xià miànHSK 3

  below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]

• 意外yì wàiHSK 3

  unexpected; accident; mishap

• 前面qián miànHSK 3

  ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]

• 见面jiàn miànHSK 1

  to meet; to see each other

• 之外zhī wàiHSK 5

  outside; excluding

• 面临miàn línHSK 4

  to face sth; to be confronted with

• 一面yī miànHSK 7

  one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face

• 全面quán miànHSK 3

  all-around; comprehensive; total; overall

• 表面biǎo miànHSK 3

  surface; face; outside; appearance

• 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

• 地面dì miànHSK 4

  floor; ground; surface

• 画面huà miànHSK 5

  scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view

• 局面jú miànHSK 5

  aspect; phase; situation

• 此外cǐ wàiHSK 4

  besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore