外面

More information outside; in addition; foreignoutside; in addition; foreign; external, face; side; surfaceface; side; surface; aspect; top ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wàimiàn, wàimian

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ, ㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вэмян (vemi͡an, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ min⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngoi-mien

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴ miên⁴

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): ngue⁵ ming⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gōa-bīn / gōa-bîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ ming⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-mi₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàimiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàimiàn
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-mien⁴
  - Yale: wài-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waymiann
  - Palladius: ваймянь (vajmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (外面兒 / 外面儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàimiànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàimiànr
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-mien⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: wài-myànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waymiall
  - Palladius: ваймяньр (vajmjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàimian
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàimiån
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-mien⁵
  - Yale: wài-myan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: way.mian
  - Palladius: ваймянь (vajmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ mi̯ɛn¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вэмян (vemi͡an, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɛ⁴⁴ miæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ min⁶
  - Yale: ngoih mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² miːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-mien
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi mien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ mian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngoi⁴ miên⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miɛn⁵³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: ngue⁵ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋue²¹ miŋ⁵⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: guā-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxbin
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² bin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ bin²²/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: guā-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxbiin
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² bin²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghua⁷ ming⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā mīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ miŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-mi₆
  - MiniDict: nga^去 mi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-mi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² mi⁴⁴/

Noun

外面

outside; out
外面刮著風。／外面刮着风。 ― Wàimiàn guā zhe fēng. ― It's windy outside

我被鎖在門外面了。 [MSC, trad.]
我被锁在门外面了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bèi suǒ zài mén wàimiàn le. [Pinyin]
I was locked out.

好了好了，咱們快進屋說吧，外面多冷啊。 [MSC, trad.]
好了好了，咱们快进屋说吧，外面多冷啊。 [MSC, simp.]
Hǎo le hǎo le, zánmen kuài jìnwū shuō ba, wàimiàn duō lěng a. [Pinyin]
All right, let's go inside to talk, it's so cold outside.
exterior; surface
other parts of the country; other places; elsewhere; outland
the outside world; the external world

Usage notes

Can imply away from one's home or hometown in a way that English outside may not.

Synonyms

(outside):

Dialectal synonyms of 外面 (“outside”) [map]

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他鄉 / 他乡 (tāxiāng)
外位 (Hokkien)
外地 (wàidì)
外埠 (wàibù)
外籍 (wàijí)
外鄉 / 外乡 (wàixiāng)
異地 / 异地 (yìdì)
異鄉 / 异乡 (yìxiāng)

(the outside world): 外界 (wàijiè)

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “外面”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 472.

Kanji in this term
外	面
がい Grade: 2	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

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外	面
げ Grade: 2	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
外	面
そと Grade: 2	つら > づら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

外面

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