國外

See also: 国外

Chinese

		country; state; nation	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (國外)		國	外
simp. (国外)		国	外
anagram		外國／外国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guówài

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ ngoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koet-ngoi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kok-gōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gog⁴ ghua⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guówài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guówài
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-wai⁴
    • Yale: gwó-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwoway
    • Palladius: говай (govaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: gwok ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ ŋɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koet-ngoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gued` ngoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gued⁵ ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² ŋoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: kok-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokgoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gog⁴ ghua⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kok guā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kok̚²⁻⁴ ɡua¹¹/

Noun

國外

1. outside the country; outside one's country; overseas; abroad

   從國外引進先進技術 [MSC, trad.]
   从国外引进先进技术 [MSC, simp.]

   cóng guówài yǐnjìn xiānjìn jìshù [Pinyin]

   to introduce advanced technology from abroad

Adjective

國外

1. overseas; abroad; external (to a country)

Antonyms

• 國內／国内 (guónèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (國外):

• → Japanese: 国(こく)外(がい) (kokugai)
• → Korean: 국외(國外) (gugoe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
國	外
こく Jinmeiyō	がい Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 國外 – see the following entry.

【国外こくがい】 [noun] outside of the country, overseas

(This term, 國外, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
國	外

Noun

國外 • (gugoe) (hangeul 국외)

1. Hanja form^? of 국외 (“overseas; abroad”).