Chinese symbol for “overseas”
海外
hǎi wài
overseas; abroad
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overseas is 海外 (hǎi wài), defined as: overseas; abroad.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “overseas”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海外.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overseas”.
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.