HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

外地 wàidì “another part of the country” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 外地 means

  1. another part of the country
  2. out of town
  3. parts of the country other than where one is

How to say 外地

  • 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地dì4th tone, falling

外地 in a sentence

  1. 我在外地生活了很久。

    Wǒ zài wàidì shēnghuó le hěn jiǔ.

    I’ve lived away from home for a long time.

    Sentence #9518534 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我是这里的外地人。

    Wǒ shì zhèlǐ de wàidìrén.

    I’m not from around here.

    Sentence #941138 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 外地 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 地 (dì) with each of its parts in a different colour
地dìearth
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 也also · yěSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with dì.

Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: the ground, a place.

How to write 外地

外 5 strokes · 地 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 外地

Words with 外

外边wàibian · outside外wài · outside外国wàiguó · foreign (country)外面wàimiàn · outside外卖wàimài · takeaway (food)外语wàiyǔ · foreign language以外yǐwài · apart from另外lìngwài · additional外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)意外yìwài · unexpected

Words with 地

地dì · earth地方dìfang · place地铁dìtiě · subway地图dìtú · map草地cǎodì · lawn地点dìdiǎn · place地址dìzhǐ · address地球dìqiú · the earth当地dāngdì · local地区dìqū · region

More words: Places & Getting Around

小区xiǎoqū · residential estate西南xīnán · southwest西北xīběi · northwest体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium晚点wǎndiǎn · (of trains动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo东南dōngnán · southeast高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail

FAQs

外地 (wàidì) means “another part of the country” or “out of town”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it wàidì: wài with a 4th tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 外地 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type waidi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 外地 from the suggestions. Typing waidi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
外地 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.