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外国

外国 (wài guó): Foreign (country) (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

外国 consists of 2 characters.

country, nation, state

Word Info

Pinyinwài guó

Meaningforeign (country)

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 2

SyntaxNoun

Word外国

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 外国.

Words with 外

外边wài bianHSK 1
外面wài miànHSK 2
以外yǐ wàiHSK 3
外卖wài màiHSK 3
外地wài dìHSK 3
外语wài yǔHSK 3
另外lìng wàiHSK 4
外出wài chūHSK 4

Words with 国

中国zhōng guóHSK 1
出国chū guóHSK 2
国家guó jiāHSK 3
国籍guó jíHSK 4
国际guó jìHSK 4
国庆Guó qìngHSK 5
国王guó wángHSK 5
国画

guó huà

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 外国

tā他

lái来

zì自

wài外

guó国

。

He comes from a foreign country.

wǒ我

gē哥

ge哥

zài在

wài外

guó国

gōng工

zuò作

。

wǒ我

men们

gōng公

sī司

yǔ与

wài外

guó国

kè客

hù户

zhè这

ge个

chéng城

shì市

de的

rén人

men们

duì对

wài外

guó

zhè这

ge个

chéng城

shì市

yǐ以

kāi开

fàng放

de的

tài态

dù

zǒng总

tǒng统

zài在

bàn办

gōng公

shì室

jiē接

jiàn见

le了

wài

wài外

mào贸

gōng公

sī司

jīng经

cháng常

hé和

wài外

guó国

zǒng总

tǒng统

chū出

fǎng访

qī期

jiān间

，

huì会

jiàn见

le了

zhè这

ge个

gōng工

yè业

yuán园

qū区

xī吸

yǐn引

le了

xǔ

tā她

zhèng正

zài在

wèi为

yī一

bù部

wài外

guó国

jì纪

My older brother works in a foreign country.

wǎng

往

lái来

pín频

fán繁

。

Our company has frequent contact with foreign clients.

国

yóu游

kè客

hěn很

yǒu友

hǎo好

。

People in this city are very friendly to foreign tourists.

度

huān欢

yíng迎

wài外

guó国

yóu游

kè客

。

This city welcomes foreign tourists with an open attitude.

外

guó国

kè客

rén人

。

The president received foreign guests in his office.

kè

客

hù户

zuò做

shēng生

yì意

。

Foreign trade companies often do business with foreign clients.

wài外

guó国

lǐng领

dǎo导

rén人

。

During the visit, the president met with foreign leaders.

许

duō多

wài外

guó国

tóu投

zī资

。

This industrial park has attracted a lot of foreign investment.

lù

录

piàn片

jìn进

xíng行

zhōng中

wén文

pèi配

yīn音

。

She is doing the Chinese dubbing for a foreign documentary.