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外行

wài háng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

外行 (wài háng) means "layman; amateur". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 外行 means

1. layman
2. amateur

The characters in 外行

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 他们是外行。
  They are laymen.
• 我那时还是个外行。
  Wǒ nàshí háishi gè wàiháng.
  I was still an amateur at that time.
• 外行谈策略，内行谈后勤。
  Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics.

Words containing 外行

• 内行看门道，外行看热闹nèi háng kàn mén dao , wài háng kàn rè naowhile the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show

Where 外行 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tuò–wá (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wài háng correctly.
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