外 wài
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wài
noun
outside
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; Unihan '外') -
wài
preposition
out; outer
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: May be classified as a localizer because it can be appended to some nouns as a suffix to indicate location. For example, 户外 'outdoors.' (Guoyu '外' n 1; NCCED '外' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 903) -
wài
adjective
external; outer
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; NCCED '外' 1; Unihan '外') -
wài
noun
foreign countries
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 外国 (Guoyu '外' n 2; Kroll 2015 '外' 4; NCCED '外' 2; Unihan '外') -
wài
noun
exterior; outer surface
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 2) -
wài
noun
a remote place
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 5) -
wài
prefix
maternal side; wife's family members
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 外甥 'nephew' - son of mother's sister (Guoyu '外' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '外' 6; NCCED '外' 7) -
wài
noun
husband
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Term used by the husband's wife (Kroll 2015 '外' 7) -
wài
adjective
other
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Other than one's own; in the sense of 别的 or 其他 (Guoyu '外' adj 3; NCCED '外' 3) -
wài
verb
to be extra; to be additional
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '外' v 2; NCCED '外' 4) -
wài
adjective
unofficial; informal; exoteric
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 外号 'alias' and 外传 'unofficial biography' (Kroll 2015 '外' 3; NCCED '外' 5) -
wài
noun
role of an old man
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
Notes: In Chinese opera (Guoyu '外' n 3; NCCED '外' 8) -
wài
verb
to drift apart; to become estranged
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 疏远 (Guoyu '外' v 1) -
wài
verb
to betray; to forsake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 背叛 (Guoyu '外' v 3) -
wài
adjective
outside; exterior
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bāhya, Japanese: ge (BCSD '外', p. 311; DJBT '外', p. 436; MW 'bāhya'; SH '外', p. 184)
Contained in
- 外缘(外緣) External Conditions ; external causes
- 外道 an outsider ; emphasis on formal politeness with lack of sincerity ; Heretics ; non-Buddhist
- 雨际外道(雨際外道) Varsagana
- 六种外道(六種外道) six [ascetic] schools
- 染外物 defiled by outside objects
- 教外别传(教外別傳) transmission apart from teachings ; transmission outside of written teachings
- 外记(外記) Record Keeper; Secretary
Also contained in
外似謇正 、 金玉其外，败絮其中 、 天津外国语大学 、 外孙女儿 、 外婆 、 课外读物 、 外办 、 外星人 、 外国媒体 、 外用 、 国内外 、 内症外症 、 外郎 、 外务部 、 开外 、 党外人士 、 境外 、 外蒙古 、 肥水不落外人田 、 外债 、 大外 、 外胚层 、 向外 、 外电 、 外来语 、 老外 、 化外 、 外径 、 外科医生 、 焦外 、 强权外交 、 里勾外连 、 外插 、 川外 、 意外 、 外心 、 外交事务 、 里里外外 、 里外 、 外交政策 、 外患 、 外积 、 城里关外 、 局外人
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Humanistic Buddhism and Training in Meditation 人間佛教的定學 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 24
- Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 23
- Hsing Yun Diary 22 - Opening the Door to the Mind 星雲日記22～打開心門 打開心門(1993/3/16～1993/3/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 22
- Hsing Yun Diary 18 - Find Your Heart Again: Reflection of Hsing Yun Diary 星雲日記18～把心找回來 「星雲日記」的回響 Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 20
- Hsing Yun Diary 18 - Find Your Heart Again: Develop Broad and Good Affinity With Others 星雲日記18～把心找回來 廣結善緣(1992/8/16～1992/8/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 20
- Hsing Yun Diary 24 - A Life with Balanced Income and Expenses: A Seed 星雲日記24～收支平篌的人生 一顆種子(1993/8/16～1993/8/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 20
- India 印度 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 19
- Thailand 泰國 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 19
- Volume 11: Fo Guang Studies - Class 12: Confirmation of Humanistic Buddhism through Experience 第十一冊 佛光學 第十二課 人間佛教的經證 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 17
- Hsing Yun Diary 32 - Seeking Help from Others is not as Good as Helping Oneself: Receiving Criticism 星雲日記32～求人不如求己 接受批評(1994/12/16～1994/12/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 17
Collocations
- 心外 (心外) 心外的境界相 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Complete and utter selflessness - Part 17 [Lecture] 直下究竟本無我體分第十七 【講話】 — count: 49
- 外禅 (外禪) 外禪 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Preface - Chan and Modern Life 序－禪與現代人的生活 — count: 22
- 外离 (外離) 外離諸相 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The unattainable dharma - Part 22 [Lecture] 菩提性空得果無住分第二十二 【講話】 — count: 13
- 外求法 (外求法) 心外求法總是魔 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Purification of the mind and doing good works are not distinguished as higher or lower - Part 23 [Lecture] 淨心行善法無高下分第二十三 【講話】 — count: 13
- 外求 (外求) 不假外求 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Not giving rise to belief in laksana - Part 31 [Lecture] 真知真見法相不生分第三十一 【講話】 — count: 10
- 身外 (身外) 能對身外財物不起貪著 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Generosity and non-attachment - Part 4 [Lecture] 布施心應無所住分第四 【講話】 — count: 9
- 不假外 (不假外) 不假外求 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Not giving rise to belief in laksana - Part 31 [Lecture] 真知真見法相不生分第三十一 【講話】 — count: 4
- 外现 (外現) 第五分進入探討如來外現的三十二相八十隨形好 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, All appearances are false; the true appearance of the Tathagata - Part 5 [Lecture] 諸相非如來實相第五 【講話】 — count: 4
- 不从外 (不從外) 不從外入 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, 2 Wisdom - Canonical Text and Notes 第二 般若品 經文．註釋 — count: 3
- 外威仪 (外威儀) 聲色外威儀 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, True merit melts karmic obstructions - Part 16 [Lecture] 金剛功德業障冰消分第十六 【講話】 — count: 3