外国

Character by character

• 外wài5 strokesHSK 1out, outside, external; foreign
• 国guó8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 國nation, country, nation-state

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

Example sentences

• 我是外国人。

  Wǒ shì wài guó rén

  I'm a foreigner.

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• 我想去外国。

  Wǒ xiǎng qù wài guó

  I want to go abroad.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 外国. 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

• 国外guó wàiHSK 1

  abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign

• 联合国lián hé guóHSK 3

  United Nations

• 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