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格外 (gé wài): Especially (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

格 • gé • pattern, standard, style, or to obstruct
gé格

pattern, standard, style, or to obstruct

外 • wài • outside • HSK 2.0 L2
HSK 2
wài外

outside

Word Info

Pinyingé wài
Meaningespecially; exceptionally
Characters2
SyntaxAdverb

HSK 5 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 格外.

  • 大象dà xiàngelephant
  • 打听dǎ tingto ask about; inquire about
  • 表现biǎo xiànexpression; representation; display
  • 传说chuán shuōlegend; lore
  • 必要bì yàorequisite; necessary; essential
  • 宠物chǒng wùpet
  • 单纯dān chúnsimple; pure; alone
  • 单位dān wèiunit
  • 背景bèi jǐngbackground
  • 窗帘chuāng liáncurtains; sunblind
  • 地理dì lǐgeographical features of a place; geography
  • 吃亏chī kuīto suffer losses; come to grief; take a beating
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 格外.

Words with 格
  • 严格yán géstrict
  • 价格jià géprice
  • 合格hé géqualified
  • 性格
xìng gé
temperament
  • 表格biǎo géform; table
  • 及格jí gépass (a test, examination etc)
  • 资格zī géqualification; seniority
  • 风格fēng géstyle; form; manner
    • Words with 外
    • 外边wài bianoutside
    • 外国wài guóforeign (country)
    • 外面wài miànoutside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
    • 以外yǐ wàiapart from
    • 外卖wài mài(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
    • 外地wài dìparts of the country other than where one is
    • 外语wài yǔforeign language
    • 另外lìng wàianother
    4.

    How to Use 格外 in Sentences

    Adverb + Adjective
    gé格
    wài外
    ān安
    jìng静
    neutral
    unusually quiet
    gé格
    wài外
    míng明
    liàng亮
    neutral
    exceptionally bright
    gé格
    wài外
    xiǎo小
    xīn心
    neutral
    extra careful
    Adverb + Verbwith注意
    gé格
    wài外
    zhù注
    yì意
    5.

    Example Sentences with 格外

    jīn今
    tiān天
    de的
    tiān天
    qì气
    gé格
    neutral
    pay special attention
    wài
    外
    hǎo好
    。
    The weather today is exceptionally good.
    zài在
    rú如
    cǐ此
    zhòng重
    yào要
    de的
    chǎng场
    hé合
    ，
    tā他
    de的
    fā发
    yán言
    xiǎn显
    de得
    gé格
    wài外
    jǐn谨
    shèn慎
    hé和
    zhōu周
    mì密
    。
    On such an important occasion, his speech appeared exceptionally cautious and thorough.
    mā妈
    ma妈
    zuò做
    de的
    cài菜
    gé格
    wài外
    hǎo好
    chī吃
    ，
    wǒ我
    chī吃
    le了
    hěn很
    duō多
    。
    The food my mom cooked is especially delicious, and I ate a lot.
    tā她
    jīn今
    tiān天
    de的
    xīn心
    qíng情
    sì似
    hū乎
    gé格
    wài外
    dī低
    luò落
    ，
    lián连
    zuì最
    xǐ喜
    huan欢
    de的
    yīn音
    yuè乐
    dōu都
    lǎn懒
    de得
    tīng听
    。
    Her mood seems exceptionally low today; she doesn't even feel like listening to her favorite music.
    tā他
    jīn今
    tiān天
    gé格
    wài外
    nǔ努
    lì力
    dì地
    gōng工
    zuò作
    ，
    yīn因
    wèi为
    xiǎng想
    zǎo早
    diǎn点
    wán完
    chéng成
    rèn任
    wu务
    。
    He worked especially hard today because he wanted to finish the task early.