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外面

wài miàn

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word

外面 (wài miàn) means "outside". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 外面 means

1. outside (also pr. wài mian for this sense)
2. surface
3. exterior
4. external appearance

The characters in 外面

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 外面有雾。
  It's foggy out.
• 外面在下雪。
  It snows outside.
• 我在外面等。
  I'm waiting outside.
• 你去外面吗？
  Are you going outside?
• 警察在外面。
  The police are out there.
• 外面起雾了。
  It's foggy outside.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wài miàn correctly.
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