Chinese symbol for “abroad”
国外
guó wài
Traditional: 國外
abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abroad is 国外 (guó wài), defined as: abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “abroad”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 异地 (異地) | yì dì | different place; abroad |
| 外边 (外邊) | wài bian | outside; outer surface |
| 域外 | yù wài | outside the country; abroad |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 国外.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 国际 (國際) | guó jì | international |
| 全国 (全國) | quán guó | whole nation; nationwide |
| 国内 (國內) | guó nèi | domestic; internal (to a country) |
| 我国 (我國) | wǒ guó | my country; our country |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abroad”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.