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Chinese symbol for “outsourcing”

外协
wài xié
Traditional: 外協
outsourcing; people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌协会 (wài mào xié huì))

The closest CC-CEDICT match for outsourcing is 外协 (wài xié), defined as: outsourcing; people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌协会 (wài mào xié huì)).

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
协 xié
to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
radical 24 ⼗ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “outsourcing”

WordPinyinMeaning
外包wài bāooutsourcing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外协.

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
协议 (協議)xié yìagreement; pact
协会 (協會)xié huìan association; a society

See also: Japanese symbol for “outsourcing”.

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.

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