在外 zàiwài to be away Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 在外 zài//wài to be away preposition + locative To be away from home; to be out of the house. 也许他出差在外。 yěxǔ tā chū chāi zài wài. Maybe he's away on business. 他们也希望妻子在外工作。 tāmen yě xīwàng qīzi zài wài gōngzuò. They want their wives to work outside the home too. to be excluded To be outside of a certain range or scope; to be excluded from a total. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Written text 17.9 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
在外 zài//wài to be away preposition + locative To be away from home; to be out of the house. 也许他出差在外。 yěxǔ tā chū chāi zài wài. Maybe he's away on business. 他们也希望妻子在外工作。 tāmen yě xīwàng qīzi zài wài gōngzuò. They want their wives to work outside the home too. to be excluded To be outside of a certain range or scope; to be excluded from a total. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Written text 17.9 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)