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外面 (wài miàn): Outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense) (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

外面 consists of 2 characters.

side; aspect; surface

Word Info

Pinyinwài miàn

Meaningoutside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 2

SyntaxNoun

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 外面.

Words with 外

外边wài bianHSK 1
外国wài guóHSK 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 面

前面qián miànHSK 1
后面hòu miànHSK 1
面条儿miàn tiáo rHSK 1
上面shàng miànHSK 2
下面xià miànHSK 2
里面lǐ miànHSK 2
面条miàn tiáoHSK 2
见面

jiàn miàn

HSK 3

3.

Example Sentences with 外面

wài外

miàn面

zhèng正

zài在

xià下

yǔ雨

。

It is raining outside.

wài外

miàn面

zhèng正

zài在

xià下

yǔ雨

，

nǐ你

dài带

sǎn

jīn今

tiān天

wài外

miàn面

guā刮

fēng风

hěn很

dà大

。

tā他

xiān掀

qǐ起

chuāng窗

lián帘

kàn看

wài外

miàn面

。

wài外

miàn面

chuán传

lái来

qí奇

guài怪

de的

shēng声

yīn音

suī虽

rán然

wài外

miàn面

xià下

zhe着

dà大

yǔ雨

，

dàn

chuāng窗

lián帘

zhē遮

dǎng挡

le了

wài外

miàn面

de的

shì视

wài外

miàn面

guā刮

fēng风

，

jì记

de得

guān关

chuāng窗

hù

qǐng请

guān关

bì闭

chuāng窗

hù户

，

wài外

miàn面

hěn很

chǎo

tā他

zhěng整

tiān天

zài在

wài外

miàn面

wéi为

fēi非

zuò作

伞

le了

ma吗

？

It's raining outside, did you bring an umbrella?

It's very windy outside today.

He lifted the curtain to look outside.

。

A strange sound came from outside.

但

tā她

hái还

shì是

zhǔn准

shí时

qù去

shàng上

bān班

le了

。

Although it's raining heavily outside, she still went to work on time.

xiàn

线

。

The curtains blocked the view from outside.

户

。

It's windy outside, remember to close the windows.

吵

。

Please close the window, it's noisy outside.

dǎi

歹

。

He does all kinds of evil things outside all day