外套
wài tào
Pinyin

Definition

外套
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wài tào
  1. coat
  2. jacket
  3. CL:件[jiàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

另外
lìng wài
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 separate
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 moreover
  7. 7 furthermore
外
wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 external
外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
外婆
wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
套
tào
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to encase
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 sheath
  5. 5 to overlap
  6. 6 to interleave
  7. 7 to model after
  8. 8 to copy
  9. 9 formula
  10. 10 harness
  11. 11 loop of rope
  12. 12 (fig.) to fish for
  13. 13 to obtain slyly
  14. 14 classifier for sets, collections
  15. 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)
意外
yì wài
  1. 1 unexpected
  2. 2 accident
  3. 3 mishap
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
以外
yǐ wài
  1. 1 apart from
  2. 2 other than
  3. 3 except for
  4. 4 external
  5. 5 outside of
  6. 6 on the other side of
  7. 7 beyond
例外
lì wài
  1. 1 exception
  2. 2 to be an exception
内外
nèi wài
  1. 1 inside and outside
  2. 2 domestic and foreign
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 about
分外
fèn wài
  1. 1 exceptionally
  2. 2 not one's responsibility or job
国内外
guó nèi wài
  1. 1 domestic and international
  2. 2 at home and abroad
国外
guó wài
  1. 1 abroad
  2. 2 external (affairs)
  3. 3 overseas
  4. 4 foreign
外交
wài jiāo
  1. 1 diplomacy
  2. 2 diplomatic
  3. 3 foreign affairs
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
外交部
Wài jiāo bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  2. 2 foreign office
  3. 3 Dept. of State
外人
wài rén
  1. 1 outsider
  2. 2 foreigner
  3. 3 stranger
外来
wài lái
  1. 1 external
  2. 2 foreign
  3. 3 outside

Idioms (20)

不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人，天外有天
rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
  1. 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth without considering the risks
  3. 3 to leave out of consideration
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
内忧外困
nèi yōu wài kùn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
内忧外患
nèi yōu wài huàn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
喜出望外
xǐ chū wàng wài
  1. 1 to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 overjoyed at the turn of events
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ
  1. 1 loan idiom
外圆内方
wài yuán nèi fāng
  1. 1 lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. velvet glove
外宽内忌
wài kuān nèi jì
  1. 1 magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
  1. 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
  2. 2 a woman's heart is with her husband
家丑不可外传
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

Sample Sentences

在我老家，这时候已经开始变冷，出门得穿外套了。
zài wǒ lǎojiā ，zhèshíhòu yǐjīng kāishǐ biàn lěng ，chūmén děi chuān wàitào le 。
In my hometown, it already starts to turn cold at this time and you have to wear a jacket outside.
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr5 xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnu:3 chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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我昨天穿白色外套，黑色外套是前天穿的！不然你打电话给我妈确认一下？
wǒ zuótiān chuān báisè wàitào ，hēisè wàitào shì qiántiān chuān de ！bùrán nǐ dǎ diànhuà gěi wǒ mā quèrèn yīxià ？
I was wearing a white coat yesterday, I wore the black coat the day before yesterday! Or if you like you can call my mum to check?
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那为什么昨天我在电影院看到一个很像你的人？你昨天早上穿黑色的外套对吧？
nà wèishénme zuótiān wǒ zài diànyǐngyuàn kàndào yī gè hěn xiàng nǐ de rén ？nǐ zuótiān zǎoshang chuān hēisè de wàitào duìba ？
So why did I see someone who looked very like you at the cinema yesterday? You were wearing a black coat yesterday, yeah?
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我带了外套了啊，但是因为小孩怕冷，外套都给他们穿了。
wǒ dài le wàitào le ā ，dànshì yīnwèi xiǎohái pà lěng ，wàitào dōu gěi tāmen chuān le 。
I brought a jacket, but because the kids don't like the cold, I gave the jacket to them to wear.
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天气凉了，最近出门都得穿外套了。
tiānqì liáng le ，zuìjìn chūmén dōu děi chuān wàitào le 。
The weather has cooled, recently you have to wear a jacket when you leave the house.
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很有可能哦，你本人就是最好的玩具啦，你看牠正在咬你的外套袖子。
hěn yǒu kěnéng ò ，nǐ běnrén jiùshì zuìhǎo de wánjù la ，nǐ kàn tā zhèngzài yǎo nǐ de wàitào xiùzi 。
Yeah, that's quite likely, you're the best toy it could have, look, it's biting your coat sleeve.
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好！外套穿好了。
hǎo ！wàitào chuān hǎo le 。
Ok! I got my coat on.
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宝宝，穿上外套，我们出去玩啦。
bǎobao ，chuān shàng wàitào ，wǒmen chūqù wán la 。
Darling, put your coat on. We will go out to play.
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不知怎的，当我走到学校湖边的时候，感觉格外地冷。我下意识地裹紧了外套，突然发现，有一个背影在沿着湖边慢慢地走着。一种莫名的冲动驱使着我向这个背影走去。渐渐地，渐渐地，越来越近，竟然是她！那个清秀的背影，那乌黑的头发和麻花辫！当我走近她时，发现她低着头在抽泣。
bùzhīzěnde ，dāng wǒ zǒudào xuéxiào húbiān de shíhou ，gǎnjué géwài de lěng 。wǒ xiàyìshi de guǒ jǐn le wàitào ，tūrán fāxiàn ，yǒu yī ge bèiyǐng zài yánzhe hú biān mànmàn de zǒu zhe 。yīzhǒng mòmíng de chōngdòng qūshǐ zhe wǒ xiàng zhè ge bèiyǐng zǒu qù 。jiànjiàn de ，jiànjiàn de ，yuèláiyuè jìn ，jìngrán shì tā ！nàge qīngxiù de bèiyǐng ，nà wūhēi de tóufa hé máhuābiàn ！dāng wǒ zǒujìn tā shí ，fāxiàn tā dī zhe tóu zài chōuqì 。
I'm not sure why, but when I got the school lake, I felt a weird chill. Subconsciously, I pulled my jacket around tighter. Suddenly, I noticed the back of a girl as she was slowly walking along the lakeside in front of me. A unexplainable impulse came over me and I started walking towards her, gradually getting closer and closer. As I approached, I saw that it was her! That elegant view of her back. That raven-black hair in a braid! Then, when I got closer, I realized her head was hung low and she was sobbing.
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