HSK 6 · Ideas

外界 wàijiè “the outside world” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 外界 means

  1. the outside world
  2. external

How to say 外界

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale外wài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale界jiè4th tone, falling

外界 in a sentence

  1. 她不太在乎外界的看法。

    Tā bú tài zàihu wàijiè de kànfǎ.

    She doesn’t care much what the outside world thinks.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个小村子很少和外界联系。

    Zhè ge xiǎo cūnzi hěn shǎo hé wàijiè liánxì.

    This little village has little contact with the outside world.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 外界 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 外 (wài) with each of its parts in a different colour
外wàioutside
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 卜divination · bǔ

Memory aidEvening 夕 beside a divination crack 卜. Picture fortune-telling done at night, out of doors: outside.

The character 界 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
界jièboundary; border
  • 田field · tiánMeaning part
  • 介agent · jièSound part

田 hints at the meaning (field); 介 (jiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiè.

How to write 外界

外 5 strokes · 界 9 strokes

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外界 (wàijiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 外界 (wàijiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 外界

Words with 外

外边wàibian · outside外wài · outside外国wàiguó · foreign (country)外面wàimiàn · outside外卖wàimài · takeaway (food)外地wàidì · another part of the country外语wàiyǔ · foreign language以外yǐwài · apart from另外lìngwài · additional外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)

Words with 界

世界shìjiè · world边界biānjiè · border界限jièxiàn · boundary境界jìngjiè · realm

More words: Ideas & Concepts

推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference途径tújìng · way突破tūpò · to break through危机wēijī · crisis威力wēilì · power威望wēiwàng · prestige威信wēixìn · prestige

FAQs

外界 (wàijiè) means “the outside world” or “external”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wàijiè: wài with a 4th tone, then jiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 外界 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type waijie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 外界 from the suggestions. Typing waijie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
外界 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.