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外头

wài tou · wai tou

Traditional 外頭

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. outside
  2. out
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Knock at the door

  1. Liangliang

    外头(wàitou)有(yǒu)人(rén)敲门(qiāomén)。

    Someone is knocking outside.

  2. Dengdeng

    是(shì)谁(shéi)在(zài)外头(wàitou)？

    Who is out there?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)不(bù)知道(zhīdào)。外头(wàitou)很(hěn)黑(hēi)。

    I don't know. It's very dark out there.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)别(bié)开门(kāimén)！

    Then don't open the door!

  5. Liangliang

    是(shì)隔壁(gébì)的(de)王(wáng)奶奶(nǎinai)，她(tā)给(gěi)我们(wǒmen)送(sòng)了(le)一碗(yīwǎn)汤(tāng)。

    It's Grandma Wang next door. She brought us a bowl of soup.

  6. Dengdeng

    外头(wàitou)冷(lěng)，快(kuài)请(qǐng)她(tā)进来(jìnlái)！

    It's cold out there. Invite her in quickly!

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2 examples
01

由(yóu)于(yú)下(xià)雨(yǔ)，我(wǒ)们(men)没(méi)能(néng)上(shàng)外(wài)头(tou)打(dǎ)网(wǎng)球(qiú)。

Because of the rain, we weren't able to play tennis outside.

Tatoeba: Chinese by notabene · English by witbrock · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

别(bié)出(chū)门(mén)，外(wài)头(tou)下(xià)着(zhe)雨(yǔ)呢(ne)。

Don't go out, as it's raining.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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