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对外

Traditional: 對外

duì wài

HSK 3.0 · 6

duì wài · deoi3 ngoi6 (Jyutping)

  1. external
  2. foreign
  3. pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

对

Meaning
correct, right; facing, opposed
Radical
寸
Strokes
5
Components
⿰又寸
Cangjie
EDI
Four-corner
7440

外

Meaning
out, outside, external; foreign
Radical
夕
Strokes
5
Components
⿰夕卜
Cangjie
NIY
Four-corner
2320.0

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