中外

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (中外)		中	外
simp. #(中外)		中	外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ngoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-gōa / tiong-gōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongwài
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-wai⁴
    • Yale: jūng-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongway
    • Palladius: чжунвай (čžunvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: jūng ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dionggoa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɡua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡua³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dionggoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɡue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡue²²/

Noun

中外

1. (often attributive) China and foreign countries; in and outside of China

   中外合作  ―  zhōngwài hézuò  ―  Sino-foreign cooperation

   中外雙方／中外双方  ―  zhōngwài shuāngfāng  ―  Chinese and foreign parties

   中外學界／中外学界  ―  zhōngwài xuéjiè  ―  academic circles in and outside of China

   馳名中外／驰名中外  ―  chímíng zhōngwài  ―  to be famous both in and outside of China

Derived terms

• 中外公報 / 中外公报
• 中外馳名 / 中外驰名
• 古今中外 (gǔjīnzhōngwài)
• 權傾中外 / 权倾中外
• 蜚聲中外 / 蜚声中外
• 馳名中外 / 驰名中外

 

Adverb

中外

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (rare) outside China; abroad; overseas (from a Chinese perspective)