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Apart from in Chinese: 以外 (yǐ wài)

yǐ wài

apart from

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1apart from
  2. 2other than
  3. 3except for
  4. 4external
  5. 5outside of
  6. 6on the other side of
  7. 7beyond

Stroke order

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以
外

Zhuyin

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ㄧˇ

yǐ

ㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄨㄞˋ

wài

ㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这件事以外，我没有别的问题。

    zhè jiàn shì yǐ wài， wǒ méi yǒu bié de wèn tí。

    Apart from this matter, I have no other questions.

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Related words

外

wài

outside

以

yǐ

to use

可以

kě yǐ

can

所以

suǒ yǐ

therefore

以后

yǐ hòu

after

以前

yǐ qián

before

以为

yǐ wéi

to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

另外

lìng wài

additional

此外

cǐ wài

besides

格外

gé wài

especially

外交

wài jiāo

diplomacy

以及

yǐ jí

as well as

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