He has gone abroad by himself.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
国外
abroad
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
abroad
02
external (affairs)
03
overseas
04
foreign
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 国外 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 国外 appears in 62 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She decided to study abroad.
He lived abroad for much of his life.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 国外.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 国外.
Directly before
- 在国外21
- 去国外15
- 到国外6
- 从国外5
- 了国外3
Directly after
- 国外旅行5
- 国外旅游4
- 国外的4
- 国外去2
- 国外留学2
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 国外
What does 国外 mean in Chinese?
国外 (guówài) means abroad.
How do you pronounce 国外?
国外 is pronounced guówài.
Is 国外 an HSK word?
国外 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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