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  *外* | 外* | *外
outside / in addition / foreign / external
HSK 1
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
HSK 3
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
the outside world / external
HSK 5
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
foreign country
HSK 1
diplomat
HSK 4
coat / jacket / CL:
HSK 4
foreign (currency) exchange
HSK 4
diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
foreign currency
HSK 6
external / outside / outward appearance
HSK 7-9
surgery (branch of medicine)
HSK 6
the outside; (attributive) external / exterior; surface
HSK 6
outer clothing / semblance / appearance
HSK 6
to go out / to go away (on a trip etc)
HSK 6
space alien; extraterrestrial
HSK 7-9
foreign trade
HSK 7-9
diplomatic immunity
(coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother
HSK 7-9
foreigner
outward appearance
HSK 6
profile / appearance
HSK 7-9
layman / amateur
HSK 7-9
outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会)
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
outer ear
daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line
Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State
foreign-exchange reserves
foreign investment
HSK 6
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
foreign policy
stranger / outsider
to flee abroad / to run away / to desert / outflow
foreign relations / diplomatic relations
foreign worker
the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會|外贸协会 foreign trade association)
to eat out / food brought in from outside; food not purchased within the premises
surgery
foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
HSK 7-9
foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
HSK 7-9
outsourcing
surrounding
nickname
HSK 7-9
outer skin / carapace
extroverted / outgoing / to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones) / (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
food delivery person
offshore / open sea
(sports) wild card (loanword)
foreign news media (abbr. for 外國媒體|外国媒体)
extension (semantics)
mother's mother / maternal grandmother
alien / extraterrestrial
(coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather
HSK 7-9
external / extrinsic
exterior scene; outdoor scene
foreign businessman / foreign enterprise; foreign company
overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)
(abbr. for 對外宣傳|对外宣传) (one's own) international public relations efforts / (another nation's) external propaganda
peripherals
(computing) external link (abbr. for 外部鏈接|外部链接)
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
export-oriented (economic model)
to lend (sth other than money) / to borrow
sister's son / wife's sibling's son
the Internet outside the GFW 防火長城|防火长城
to send out / fast food delivered
to export / to sell abroad
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game
circumscribed circle (of a polygon)
outflow / to flow out / to drain
external (i.e. not built-in 內置|内置)
extra income
see 外地
foreign affairs
external demand (demand for a country's goods and services from foreign markets)
extroverted (personality) / (economics etc) export-oriented
department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department)
Outer Mongolia
to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored
unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over; to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain; to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show; to be revealed
external force / pressure from outside
external diameter (including thickness of the wall)
foreign aggression
foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
outer side
foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
outer space
Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), abbr. for 中華民國對外貿易發展協會|中华民国对外贸易发展协会
lookism
gentile
granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)
exogenous
outer ring (road or rail line)

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