DICTIONARY
The Cantonese word ngoi - 外 - ngoi6
(external in Cantonese)
Romanization (Jyutping)
ngoi6
also: oi6
also: oi6
English translations
external, outer, besides, beyond, of a foreign country,
outside, above
Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 外 ( ngoi6 ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
外
The traditional Chinese characters of ngoi6 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
外 is composed of 5 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
outside | contour
外 ( ngoi / ngoi6 ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 107)
外 ( ngoi / ngoi6 ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 107)
Example words containing the character 外 ( ngoi / ngoi6 )
ceoi4 liu5 ji5 ngoi6 ( 除了以外 ), gaak3 ngoi6 ( 格外 ), ling6 ngoi6 ( 另外 ), ngaak6 ngoi6 ( 额外 ), ngoi6 bin1 ( 外边 ), ngoi6 bou6 ( 外部 ), ngoi6 gaau1 ( 外交 ), ngoi6 gung1 ( 外公 ), ngoi6 gwok3 ( 外国 ), ngoi6 jyu5 ( 外语 ), ngoi6 min6 ( 外面 ), ngoi6 po4 ( 外婆 ), ngoi6 tou3 ( 外套 ), wu6 ngoi6 hei3 coi4 ( 户外器材 ), zi1 ngoi6 ( 之外 )
Other characters that are pronounced ngoi6 in Cantonese
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