郊外
jiāo​wài HSK7

outskirts

郊外 jiāo​wài
outskirts noun
the countryside around a city; the area located outside the urban center

20多年来他一直住在多伦多郊外的同一间屋子里。

20 duō​nián​lái tā yī​zhí zhù zài duō​lún​duō jiāo​wài de tóng​yī jiān wū​zi li.

He has lived in the same house outside of Toronto for more than 20 years.

一天，你的车坏在了小镇郊外，你只能走回家。

yī​tiān, nǐ de chē huài zài le xiǎo​zhèn jiāo​wài, nǐ zhǐ​néng zǒu huí jiā.

One day, your car breaks down on the outskirts of the town and you have to walk home.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.62 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.17 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)