How to say it in Chinese

Out in Chinese

out · HSK 2

外面 wài miàn

  1. 外 wài outside
  2. 面 miàn face

外面下雨了。 It's raining outside.

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Other ways to say out

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How do you say out in Chinese?

Out in Chinese is 外面 (wài miàn). You can also say 出来 (chū lái), 出去 (chū qu).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.