外衣

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
trad. (外衣)		外	衣
simp. #(外衣)		外	衣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ ji¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-i
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): uai⁵ i¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàiyi
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-i¹
    • Yale: wài-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayi
    • Palladius: вайи (vaji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ ji¹
    • Yale: ngoih yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² jiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-i
    • Tâi-lô: guā-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: uai⁵ i¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ i³³/

Noun

外衣

1. overcoat (Classifier: 件)
2. coat
3. jacket

Synonyms

• 大衣 (dàyī)
• 外套 (wàitào)
• (Cantonese) 面衫
• (Hakka, Hokkien) 外衫

See also

• 夾克／夹克 (jiākè, “jacket”)