外 wài▶ fuera

Stroke order

外 is written in 5 strokes.

• 外

Senses

1. outside
2. in addition
3. foreign
4. external

Example sentences

• 它在外边吗？Tā zài wàibian ma?Is it outside?
• 我在门外等您。Wǒ zài mén wài děng nín.I am waiting for you outside the door.
• 她在外面吗？Tā zài wàimiàn ma?Is she outside?
• 我不想去外面。Wǒ bù xiǎng qù wàimiàn.I don't want to go outside.

Related words

• 另外además
• 外交Relaciones Internacionales
• 外公abuelo materno
• 意外Accidente
• 格外especialmente
• 此外además

外 is pronounced wài and means “fuera”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 外 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.