Word and Radical Components of 外套

The Chinese word 外套 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
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

外套 ⇨ 外 + 套

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
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
	tǎo	10. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 軀 (su, t=Classifier for sets of clothing)

外 ⇨ 夕 + 卜

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
夕	夕	1. night; evening; dusk
		2. Simplified form of 穸
		3. Variant of 月
		4. Variant of 明
卜	bǔ	1. divination
		2. to divine
		3. (literary) to foretell; to predict
		生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive
		4. (literary) to choose
		卜居 - to choose a place to live
		5. Simplified form of 蔔
		6. Variant of 欲

套 ⇨ 大 + 镸

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
大	dà	1. of great size; big; large; huge
		Antonyms: 小
		這個太大了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
		呢ni1 條褲好大條。 - This pair of pants is very big.
		2. big; great
		中美關係已有很大改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
		大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
		3. great of its kind
		昨天下大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
		好大 ? 味 - a very strong smell
		4. in an extreme manner; greatly
		大哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently
		大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
		大不相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
		你遇到這種情況，大可以走人哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
		你可不知道，他昨兒r 過來lai 大折zhē騰teng 了一場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒把這兒r 拆嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
		5. main; major
		Antonyms: 小
		他們將車一直開到大門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
		他是一家石油公司的大股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
		6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
		大書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
		7. mature; grown up
		Antonyms: 小
		你多大了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
		她比他大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
		你隻狗係咁大daai6-2 㗎喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
		8. (Cantonese) to grow up
		喺廣州大 - to grow up in Guangzhou
		9. (Cantonese) to be older than
		Antonyms: 細
		我大佢兩年。 - I am older than them by two years.
		10. (dialectal) father
		11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
		12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
		你大我呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me?
		你咪mai5 大我。 - Don't you threaten me.
		13. (Cantonese) only so big
		咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
		14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
		我好急呀，要去大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
		15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
		北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
		16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
	dài, dà	17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
		18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
		19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
		20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
		21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
		22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
		23. (Cantonese) small
		咁大daai6-1 - so puny
		24. Variant of 太
		25. Variant of 泰
长		1. long
长		2. Simplified form of 長