Chinese symbol for “outdoors”
户外
hù wài
Traditional: 戶外
outdoors; (attributive) outdoor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for outdoors is 户外 (hù wài), defined as: outdoors; (attributive) outdoor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “outdoors”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 露天 | lù tiān | outdoors; al fresco |
| 屋外 | wū wài | outdoors; outside |
| 外头 (外頭) | wài tou | outside; outdoors |
| 露 | lù | dew; syrup |
| 在户外 (在戶外) | zài hù wài | outdoors |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 户外.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
| 账户 (賬戶) | zhàng hù | (bank, computer etc) account |
| 帐户 (帳戶) | zhàng hù | variant of 账户 (zhàng hù) |
| 窗户 (窗戶) | chuāng hu | window; 个 (gè),扇 (shàn) |
| 户口 (戶口) | hù kǒu | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “outdoors”.
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.