中外

More information middle; centre; withinmiddle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark), outside; in addition; foreignoutside; in addition; foreign; external ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngwài

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ngoi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-gōa / tiong-gōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngwài
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongwài
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-wai⁴
  - Yale: jūng-wài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongway
  - Palladius: чжунвай (čžunvaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ngoi⁶
  - Yale: jūng ngoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ngoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ngoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-gōa
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-guā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dionggoa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡua²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɡua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡua³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dionggoe
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɡue⁴¹/

Noun

中外

(often attributive) China and foreign countries; in and outside of China
中外合作 ― zhōngwài hézuò ― Sino-foreign cooperation

中外雙方／中外双方 ― zhōngwài shuāngfāng ― Chinese and foreign parties

中外學界／中外学界 ― zhōngwài xuéjiè ― academic circles in and outside of China

馳名中外／驰名中外 ― chímíng zhōngwài ― to be famous both in and outside of China
- 是以四海之内，囂然喪其樂生之心，中外憤怨，遠近俱發，城池不守，支體分裂，遂令天下城邑為虛，丘壟發掘，害徧生民，辜及朽骨。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  是以四海之内，嚣然丧其乐生之心，中外愤怨，远近俱发，城池不守，支体分裂，遂令天下城邑为虚，丘垄发掘，害遍生民，辜及朽骨。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Shìyǐ sìhǎi zhīnèi, xiāorán sàng qí lè shēng zhī xīn, zhōngwài fènyuàn, yuǎnjìn jù fā, chéngchí bù shǒu, zhītǐ fēnliè, suì lìng tiānxià chéngyì wéi xū, qiūlǒng fājué, hài biàn shēngmín, gū jí xiǔgǔ. [Pinyin]
  For this reason, over the four seas all murmured sadly and lost their joy in life. Within and outside the country, people were filled with resentment, braves far and near the capital all mobilized, his city-wall with moat was not defended, so that his members were cut to pieces. Thereupon he caused the cities and towns of the empire to become wastelands, while peoples' grave mounds were moreover dug into. He injured all living people, and his crimes reached to rotten bones.

Derived terms

中外公報 / 中外公报
中外馳名 / 中外驰名
古今中外 (gǔjīnzhōngwài)
權傾中外 / 权倾中外
蜚聲中外 / 蜚声中外
馳名中外 / 驰名中外