He is living outside the city.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
城外
outside of a city
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
outside of a city
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 城外 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 城外 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
In spring, the bamboo grove outside Hsinchu City is especially green.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 城外.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 城外.
Directly before
- 新竹城外1
- 在城外1
Directly after
- 城外的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 城外
What does 城外 mean in Chinese?
城外 (chéngwài) means outside of a city.
How do you pronounce 城外?
城外 is pronounced chéngwài.
Is 城外 an HSK word?
城外 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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