HSK 4 · Function Words

另外 lìngwài “additional” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 另外 means

  1. additional
  2. in addition
  3. besides
  4. separate
  5. other
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • moreover

How to say 另外

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale另lìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale外wài4th tone, falling

另外 in a sentence

  1. 这件衬衫我不喜欢。把另外一件给我看一下。

    Zhè jiàn chènshān wǒ bù xǐhuan. Bǎ lìngwài yí jiàn gěi wǒ kàn yíxià.

    I don’t like this shirt. Show me the other one.

    Sentence #398909 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这里的夏天很潮湿，另外，冬天很干燥。

    Zhèlǐ de xiàtiān hěn cháoshī, lìngwài, dōngtiān hěn gānzào.

    Summer here is very humid; on top of that, winter is very dry.

    Sentence #334378 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我有三只狗，其中一只是公的，另外两只是母的。

    Wǒ yǒu sān zhī gǒu, qízhōng yì zhī shì gōng de, lìngwài liǎng zhī shì mǔ de.

    I have three dogs: one is male and the other two are female.

    Sentence #1671998 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 另外 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 另 (lìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
另lìngother
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 力strength · lì
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.

How to write 另外

另 5 strokes · 外 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 另外

Words with 另

另lìng · another

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外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)意外yìwài · unexpected

More words: Particles & Connectors

可是kěshì · but恐怕kǒngpà · I’m afraid (that)例如lìrú · for example俩liǎ · two (colloquial equivalent of 两个)难道nándào · don’t tell me …内nèi · inside篇piān · measure word for articles and essays其次qícì · next

FAQs

另外 (lìngwài) means “additional” or “in addition”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it lìngwài: lìng with a 4th tone, then wài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 另外 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lingwai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 另外 from the suggestions. Typing lingwai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
另外 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.