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Chinese symbol for “outsource”

委外
wěi wài
to outsource

The closest CC-CEDICT match for outsource is 委外 (wěi wài), defined as: to outsource.

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Characters and stroke order

委 wěi
to appoint, to commission, to send
radical 38 ⼥ · 8 strokes
外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 委外.

WordPinyinMeaning
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission
委员 (委員)wěi yuáncommittee member
委托 (委託)wěi tuōto entrust; to trust
常委cháng wěistanding committee (abbr. for 常务委员会 (cháng wù wěi yuán huì)); member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常务委员 (cháng wù wěi yuán))
党委 (黨委)dǎng wěiParty committee
市委shì wěimunicipal committee
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore

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.