外
wài HSK1

outside

外 wài
outside directional
the outer part, side, or area of something; exterior

教室外有一棵高大的树。

jiào​shì wài yǒu yī kē gāo​dà de shù.

There is a tall tree outside the classroom.

external verb
belonging to the outward part or relating to outside connections

这种药水只能外用，不可内服。

zhè zhǒng yào​shuǐ zhǐ néng wài yòng, bù kě nèi​fú.

This lotion is for external use only and must not be taken internally.

foreign abbreviation
relating to or originating from a country other than one's own

他利用假期去国外旅游。

tā lì​yòng jià​qī qù guó wài lǚ​yóu.

He took advantage of the holiday to travel abroad.

in addition directional
beyond a certain scope, limit, or quantity; besides

除了这支笔以外，我还需要一个笔记本。

chú​le zhè zhī bǐ yǐ wài, wǒ hái xū​yào yī gè bǐ​jì​běn.

In addition to this pen, I also need a notebook.

Frequency
Character
Written text
131st most common 1527.8 per million
Movie subtitles
248th most common 677.8 per million appears in 94% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
121.0 per million appears in 38% of films
Written text
456.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5916

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)