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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).

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
卖 mài
to sell; to betray; to show off
radical 24 ⼗ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外卖.

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
买卖 (買賣)mǎi màito buy and sell
出卖 (出賣)chū màito 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.

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