Chinese symbol for “takeout”
外卖
wài mài
Traditional: 外賣
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for takeout is 外卖 (wài mài), defined as: (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 外卖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 国外 (國外) | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 买卖 (買賣) | mǎi mài | to buy and sell |
| 出卖 (出賣) | chū mài | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray |
See also: Japanese symbol for “takeout”.
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.