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Chinese symbol for “gentile”

外邦人
wài bāng rén
gentile

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gentile is 外邦人 (wài bāng rén), defined as: gentile.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes
邦 bāng
country, nation, state
radical 163 ⾢ · 7 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外邦人.

WordPinyinMeaning
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country
国外 (國外)guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
之外zhī wàioutside; excluding
联邦 (聯邦)lián bāngfederal; federation
联邦政府 (聯邦政府)lián bāng zhèng fǔfederal government
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “gentile”.

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.