外交

Character by character

• 外wài5 strokesHSK 1out, outside, external; foreign
• 交jiāo6 strokesHSK 2mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 外交. 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

• 交jiāoHSK 2

  to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤

• 另外lìng wàiHSK 3

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

• 交易jiāo yìHSK 3

  to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal

• 外面wài miànHSK 3

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

• 交给jiāo gěiHSK 2

  to give; to deliver; to hand over

• 交通jiāo tōngHSK 2

  to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison

• 意外yì wàiHSK 3

  unexpected; accident; mishap

• 交流jiāo liúHSK 3

  to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)

• 之外zhī wàiHSK 5

  outside; excluding

• 成交chéng jiāoHSK 5

  to complete a contract; to reach a deal

• 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

• 交换jiāo huànHSK 4

  to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute

• 交往jiāo wǎngHSK 3

  to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact

• 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

• 交谈jiāo tánHSK 7

  to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion

• 交叉jiāo chāHSK 7

  to cross; to intersect; to overlap

• 例外lì wàiHSK 5

  exception; to be an exception

• 外界wài jièHSK 5

  the outside world; external