Foreign language in Chinese: 外语 (wài yǔ)

wài yǔ

foreign language

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 外語1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1foreign language

Stroke order

Watch how to write 外语 stroke by stroke.

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄨㄞˋ

wài

/ u/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄩˇ

/ üˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

外语

Simplified

外語

Traditional

Example sentences

See 外语 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他很喜欢学外语。

    tā hěn xǐ huan xué wài yǔ。

    He really likes learning foreign languages.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

Appears in

Learn 外语 with spaced repetition

Add 外语 (wài yǔ) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included