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门外

mén wài · men wai

Traditional 門外

Meaning

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  1. outside the door
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In a conversation

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A knock

  1. Dengdeng

    门外(ménwài)有(yǒu)人(rén)敲门(qiāomén)。

    Someone is knocking outside the door.

  2. Liangliang

    门外(ménwài)是(shì)谁(shéi)？

    Who is outside the door?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)看看(kànkan)……门外(ménwài)没有(méiyǒu)人(rén)，只有(zhǐyǒu)一个(yīgè)包裹(bāoguǒ)。

    Let me look... nobody is outside, only a parcel.

  4. Liangliang

    包裹(bāoguǒ)上(shàng)写着(xiězhe)谁(shéi)的(de)名字(míngzi)？

    Whose name is on the parcel?

  5. Dengdeng

    写着(xiězhe)亮亮(liàngliàng)。你(nǐ)又(yòu)买(mǎi)东西(dōngxi)了(le)！

    It says Liangliang. You bought something again!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

门(mén)外(wài)又(yòu)被(bèi)贴(tiē)满(mǎn)了(le)小(xiǎo)广(guǎng)告(gào)。

Everything outside is fly-posted again.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

有(yǒu)人(rén)在(zài)门(mén)外(wài)等(děng)你(nǐ)，快(kuài)去(qù)看(kàn)看(kan)。

Someone is waiting for you outside the door; go and take a look.

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