对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) 搭界 dā jiè an interface / to relate with / to affiliate 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 返点 返點 fǎn diǎn sales bonus / affiliate reward / rebate / commission 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister 留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 舶来品 舶來品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods / foreign goods syn 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable syn 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 自养 自養 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) 外资 外資 wài zī foreign investment 独资 獨資 dú zī wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment 外电 外電 wài diàn reports from foreign news agencies 西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times) 巡捕 xún bǔ to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) syn 外患 wài huàn foreign aggression syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 他乡遇故知 他鄉遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom) 外商 wài shāng foreign businessman 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 对外贸易 對外貿易 duì wài mào yì foreign trade 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 直接投资 直接投資 zhí jiē tóu zī Foreign 外汇储备 外匯儲備 wài huì chǔ bèi foreign-exchange reserves 特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia 本地化 běn dì huà localization / adaptation (to foreign environment) 创汇 創匯 chuàng huì to earn foreign exchange syn 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 外汇市场 外匯市場 wài huì shì chǎng foreign currency market 李肇星 lǐ zhào xīng Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister 海外版 hǎi wài bǎn foreign edition (of a newspaper) 外交政策 wài jiāo zhèng cè foreign policy 境内外 境內外 jìng nèi wài within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad 陈毅 陳毅 chén yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 进料 進料 jìn liào to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料) 域外 yù wài outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial syn 国家外汇管理局 國家外匯管理局 guó jiā wài huì guǎn lǐ jú State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) 外交关系 外交關係 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations 三资企业 三資企業 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures syn 外务省 外務省 wài wù shěng foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea) 结汇 結匯 jiē huì foreign exchange settlement 结汇 結匯 jié huì foreign exchange settlement 崇洋 chóng yáng to idolize foreign things 洋妞 yáng niū young foreign girl 北京外国语大学 北京外國語大學 běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) 洋行 yáng háng (old) foreign firm syn 外商独资企业 外商獨資企業 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4] 媚外 mèi wài to fawn on foreigners / to pander to foreign powers 收汇 收匯 shōu huì foreign exchange collection (finance) 客居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest syn 外国投资 外國投資 wài guó tóu zī foreign investment 炒汇 炒匯 chǎo huì to speculate in foreign currency 外文系 外文係 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department) 胡志强 胡志強 hú zhì qiáng Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister 异邦 異邦 yì bāng foreign country syn 奈 nài used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words syn 