外
援

Foreign aid in Chinese: 外援 (wài yuán)

wài yuán

foreign aid

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1foreign aid
  2. 2external aid
  3. 3(sports) foreign player
  4. 4player recruited from overseas

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外
援

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄞˋ

wài

ㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄩㄢˊ

yuán

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这支球队请来了两名外援。

    zhè zhī qiú duì qǐng lái le liǎng míng wài yuán。

    This team brought in two foreign players.

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Related words

外

wài

outside

另外

lìng wài

additional

此外

cǐ wài

besides

格外

gé wài

especially

外交

wài jiāo

diplomacy

意外

yì wài

unexpected

国外

guó wài

abroad

外边

wài bian

outside

外国

wài guó

foreign (country)

外语

wài yǔ

foreign language

外地

wài dì

parts of the country other than where one is

外卖

wài mài

(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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