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The Chinese word for coat is
外套

wài tào



coat

Chinese Definition


coat
     1. 上衣
     2. 外套
     3. 羽毛
     4.
     5.
     6. 被覆
     7. 表层
     8. 用上衣罩上
     9. 穿上衣
     10. 涂上
     11.
     12.
Components
     1. out; outside; external
           (ant, zh, 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
     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)



Translations for and their definitions

外衣
     1. n. overcoat
     2. n. coat
     3. n. jacket


大衣
     1. n. overcoat; topcoat
     2. n. suit


外套
     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


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

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pronunciation
wài tào

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