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额外

é wài

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

额外 (é wài) means "extra; added; additional". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 额外 means

1. extra
2. added
3. additional

The characters in 额外

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Example sentences

• 电池要额外付钱。
  You need to pay extra for the batteries.
• 我们做这事没有额外报酬。
  Wǒmen zuò zhè shì méiyǒu éwài bàochou.
  We won't get paid extra for doing this.
• 您碰巧有一本额外的英文字典吗？
  Nín pèngqiǎo yǒu yī běn éwài de Yīngwén zìdiǎn ma?
  Do you have an extra English dictionary by any chance?
• 我太太兼职的工作赚进了一些额外的钱。
  Wǒ tàitai jiānzhí de gōngzuò zhuàn jìn le yīxiē éwài de qián.
  My wife's part-time job brings in a little extra money.
• 购买新装置的用户可享有额外试用优惠。
  Customers who purchase a new device can enjoy additional trial period as a promotional offer.
• 在句子中不要写入额外信息，比如作者姓名。
  Don't write extra information, such as the name of the author, within the sentence.

Words starting with 额外

• 额外性é wài xìngadditionality (economics)
• 额外补贴é wài bǔ tiēto give an extra subsidy, or bonus etc; bonus; perquisite

Where 额外 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · duì–lüè (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read é wài correctly.
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