國外

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See also: 国外

Chinese

		country; state; nation	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (國外)		國	外
simp. (国外)		国	外
anagram		外國／外国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guówài

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ ngoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koet-ngoi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kok-gōa

(Teochew, Peng'im): gog⁴ ghua⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guówài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guówài
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²-wai⁴
  - Yale: gwó-wài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwoway
  - Palladius: говай (govaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwok³ ngoi⁶
  - Yale: gwok ngoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ ngoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guog³ ngoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ ŋɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koet-ngoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: gued^ˋ ngoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gued⁵ ngoi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² ŋoi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-gōa
  - Tâi-lô: kok-guā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kokgoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡua²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gog⁴ ghua⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kok guā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kok̚²⁻⁴ ɡua¹¹/

Noun

國外

outside the country; outside one's country; overseas; abroad
從國外引進先進技術 [MSC, trad.]
从国外引进先进技术 [MSC, simp.]
cóng guówài yǐnjìn xiānjìn jìshù
to introduce advanced technology from abroad

Adjective

國外

overseas; abroad; external (to a country)

Antonyms

國內／国内 (guónèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (國外):

→ Japanese: 国(こく)外(がい) (kokugai)
→ Korean: 국외(國外) (gugoe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
國	外
こく Jinmeiyō	がい Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 國外 – see the following entry.

【国外こくがい】

outside of the country, overseas

(This term, 國外, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
國	外

Noun

國外 • (gugoe) (hangeul 국외)

hanja form^? of 국외 (“overseas; abroad”)

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