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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

之外

zhīwài

outside

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

outside

02

excluding

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 之外 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 之外 appears in 27 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

这份工作在我能力范围之外.zhè fèn gōng zuò zài wǒ néng lì fàn wéi zhī wài.

This job is beyond my ability.

他的歌声出乎意料之外地好听。tā de gē shēng chū hū yì liào zhī wài dì hǎo tīng。

To my surprise, he had a beautiful voice.

我们除了走之外没有其它选择。wǒ men chú le zǒu zhī wài méi yǒu qí tā xuǎn zé。

We have no choice but to go.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 之外.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 之外.

Directly before

  • 范围之外2
  • 视线之外1
  • 走之外1
  • 专业之外1
  • 名字之外1

Directly after

  • 之外什2
  • 之外没有1
  • 之外做1
  • 之外我会1
  • 之外地1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 之外

What does 之外 mean in Chinese?

之外 (zhīwài) means outside.

How do you pronounce 之外?

之外 is pronounced zhīwài.

Is 之外 an HSK word?

之外 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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