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Sino-foreign in Chinese: 中外 (zhōng wài)

zhōng wài

Sino-foreign

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Sino-foreign
  2. 2Chinese-foreign
  3. 3home and abroad

Stroke order

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外

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄥ

zhōng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄨㄞˋ

wài

ㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这位学者对中外历史都很了解。

    zhè wèi xué zhě duì zhōng wài lì shǐ dōu hěn liǎo jiě。

    This scholar knows both Chinese and foreign history well.

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Related words

外

wài

outside

中

zhōng

within

中国

zhōng guó

China

中午

zhōng wǔ

noon

中间

zhōng jiān

the middle

另外

lìng wài

additional

其中

qí zhōng

among

中文

zhōng wén

Chinese language

此外

cǐ wài

besides

格外

gé wài

especially

集中

jí zhōng

to concentrate

外交

wài jiāo

diplomacy

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