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海外

hǎi wài

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

海外 (hǎi wài) means "overseas; abroad". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 海外 means

1. overseas; abroad

The characters in 海外

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Example sentences

• 海外旅行通常都要用到护照。
  Hǎiwài lǚxíng tōngcháng dōu yào yòng dào hùzhào.
  A passport is usually necessary when you travel overseas.
• 日本和好几个海外国家做贸易。
  Japan trades with several foreign countries.
• 上海这个地方，海内海外什么菜肴都有。
  Shànghǎi zhège dìfang, hǎinèi hǎiwài shénme càiyáo dōu yǒu.
  Shanghai has everything under the sun when it comes to food.
• 上海这个地方，海内海外什幺菜肴都有。
  Shanghai has everything under the sun when it comes to food.

Words starting with 海外

• 海外版hǎi wài bǎnforeign edition (of a newspaper)
• 海外赤子hǎi wài chì zǐpatriotic overseas compatriot

Words containing 海外

• 蜚声海外fēi shēng hǎi wàifamous at home and abroad
• 上海外国语大学Shàng hǎi Wài guó yǔ Dà xuéShanghai International Studies University (SISU)

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