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郊外

jiāo wài

2-character word

What 郊外 means

1. outskirts

The characters in 郊外

• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Example sentences

• 我的家在那座城市的郊外.
  Wǒ de jiā zài nà zuò chéngshì de jiāowài.
  My house is on the outskirts of town.
• 前几天，东京郊外发生了件可怕的事情。
  Qiánjǐtiān, Dōngjīng jiāowài fāshēng le jiàn kěpà de shìqing.
  The other day something horrible happened in a Tokyo suburb.
• 《莫斯科郊外的晚上》以一个E小三和弦开头。
  "Moscow Nights" begins with an E minor triad.

Sounds the same

Read jiāo wài, tone for tone, but written differently.

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