外
wài HSK1

outside

外 wài
outside locative
outside; exterior; the space or position beyond a certain limit or boundary

这次我将把他锁在门外。

zhè​cì wǒ jiāng bǎ tā suǒ zài mén wài.

I'll lock him out this time.

车内和车外一样冷。

chē nèi hé chē wài yī​yàng lěng.

It was as cold inside the car as outside.

foreign adverb
foreign; external; referring to countries other than one's own
other determineradverb
other; additional; separate from what has already been mentioned or the group one belongs to
maternal/female-side noun
(bound form) referring to relatives on one's mother's, sister's, or daughter's side
unofficial noun
unofficial; informal; not part of the standard or formal version of something
distant
distant in relationship; not close or intimate; to treat as an outsider
wài role
(bound form) a role type in traditional opera, usually representing an elderly man
betray
to betray; to turn against; to become disloyal

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)