外
头

Outside in Chinese: 外头 (wài tou)

wài tou

outside

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 外頭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1outside
  2. 2out

Stroke order

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外
头

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄞˋ

wài

ㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

外头

Simplified

外頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 外头正在下雨，别出去了。

    wài tou zhèng zài xià yǔ， bié chū qù le。

    It's raining outside, don't go out.

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Related words

外

wài

outside

头

tóu

head

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

另外

lìng wài

additional

此外

cǐ wài

besides

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

格外

gé wài

especially

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

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