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外套wài tào
coat
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 外套 | wàitào | |
| 1. n. overcoat | ||
| 2. n. coat | ||
| 上 禮拜 我 在 那 家 店 買 了 一 件 新 外套。 - I got a new coat in that store last week. | ||
| 3. n. jacket | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| coat | ||
| 1. 上衣 | ||
| 2. 外套 | ||
| 3. 羽毛 | ||
| 4. 皮 | ||
| 5. 盖 | ||
| 6. 被覆 | ||
| 7. 表层 | ||
| 8. 用上衣罩上 | ||
| 9. 穿上衣 | ||
| 10. 涂上 | ||
| 11. 袄 | ||
| 12. 褂 | ||
| Components | ||
| 外 | wài | |
| 1. out; outside; external | ||
| Antonyms: 裡, 內 | ||
| 窗 外 - outside a window | ||
| 外表 - outward appearance | ||
| 2. beyond; above; in addition to; other than; except | ||
| 此外 - in addition (to this) | ||
| 十 公里 外 - 10 km beyond (a place) | ||
| 3. other; foreign; alien (not of one's own family, clan, locality, school, country, etc.) | ||
| 外國 - foreign country | ||
| 外 校 - other schools | ||
| 4. foreign country | ||
| 中外 - China and foreign countries; in and outside of China | ||
| 對 外 貿易 - foreign trade | ||
| 漢---外 詞典 - Chinese dictionary in a foreign language | ||
| 5. , ref=Gongyangzhuan | ||
| 6. (literary) to alienate; to other; to exclude; to distance | ||
| 見外 - to make me feel like an outsider (literally, "to have me excluded from the familiar circle") | ||
| 7. relatives of one's mother, sister or daughter | ||
| 外婆 - maternal grandmother | ||
| 外孫 - daughter's son | ||
| 外祖父 - maternal grandfather | ||
| 8. additional | ||
| 外加 - plus | ||
| 外帶 - to include (something) as well | ||
| 9. unofficial | ||
| 外史 - unofficial history | ||
| 外號 - nickname | ||
| 10. (Hokkien, Teochew, after an amount but before the classifier) as much as | ||
| 二十 外 歲 - 20-something years old, MN | ||
| 套 | tào | |
| 1. to cover with; to encase; to put on (a sweater, etc.) | ||
| 2. case; cover; sheath; wrapper; envelope | ||
| 3. (colloquial) condom | ||
| 4. to overlap; to interconnect | ||
| 5. set; suit | ||
| 6. knot | ||
| 7. to harness | ||
| 8. harness | ||
| 9. trick; trap | ||
| 這 套 拼音 方案 - this romanization scheme | ||
| 10. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 軀 (su, t=Classifier for sets of clothing) | ||
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Pronunciation
wài tào
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