见
外

To treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest in Chinese: 见外 (jiàn wài)

jiàn wài

to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 見外1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest

Stroke order

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见
外

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄢˋ

jiàn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨㄞˋ

wài

ㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

见外

Simplified

見外

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 都是朋友，你太见外了。

    dōu shì péng yǒu， nǐ tài jiàn wài le。

    We're all friends; you're being far too formal.

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Related words

外

wài

outside

见

jiàn

to see

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

再见

zài jiàn

goodbye

见面

jiàn miàn

to meet

另外

lìng wài

additional

意见

yì jiàn

idea

此外

cǐ wài

besides

格外

gé wài

especially

可见

kě jiàn

it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

碰见

pèng jiàn

to run into

外交

wài jiāo

diplomacy

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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