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外交

wài jiāo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 个

外交 (wài jiāo) means "diplomacy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 外交 means

1. diplomacy
2. diplomatic
3. foreign affairs

The characters in 外交

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…

Example sentences

• 外交官有多种特权。
  Wàijiāoguān yǒu duōzhǒng tèquán.
  Diplomats are allowed various privileges.
• 你应该做一个外交官。
  Nǐ yīnggāi zuò yī gè wàijiāoguān.
  You should be a diplomat.
• 必须有外交解决的途径。
  Bìxū yǒu wàijiāo jiějué de tújìng.
  There must be a way to arrive at a diplomatic solution.
• 外交谈判帮助结束了冲突。
  Wàijiāo tánpàn bāngzhù jiéshù le chōngtū.
  Diplomatic dialogue helped put an end to the conflict.
• 他是美国大使馆的外交官。
  Tā shì Měiguó dàshǐguǎn de wàijiāoguān.
  He is a diplomat at the American Embassy.
• 外交部长是个没主见的人。
  Wàijiāobùzhǎng shì gè méi zhǔjiàn de rén.
  The Foreign Minister was a puppet.

Words starting with 外交

• 外交部Wài jiāo bùMinistry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State
• 外交官wài jiāo guāndiplomat
• 外交部长wài jiāo bù zhǎngminister of foreign affairs
• 外交家wài jiāo jiādiplomat
• 外交事务wài jiāo shì wùforeign affairs
• 外交特权wài jiāo tè quándiplomatic immunity
• 外交关系wài jiāo guān xìforeign relations; diplomatic relations
• 外交政策wài jiāo zhèng cèforeign policy
• 外交学院Wài jiāo Xué yuànChina Foreign Affairs University, located in Beijing
• 外交风波wài jiāo fēng bōdiplomatic crisis
• 外交庇护wài jiāo bì hùdiplomatic asylum
• 外交豁免权wài jiāo huò miǎn quándiplomatic immunity
• 外交大臣wài jiāo dà chénForeign Secretary; (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 外交手腕wài jiāo shǒu wàndiplomatic skills
• 外交关系理事会Wài jiāo Guān xì Lǐ shì huìCouncil on Foreign Relations (US policy think tank)

Words containing 外交

• 国际外交guó jì wài jiāoforeign policy

Where 外交 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Diplomacy, Violation & Flexibility (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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