HSK 5 · Society

外交 wàijiāo “diplomacy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 外交 means

  1. diplomacy
  2. diplomatic
  3. foreign affairs

Measure word 个 gè · 一个外交 yí ge wàijiāo

How to say 外交

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale交jiāo1st tone, high and level

外交 in a sentence

  1. 英语在外交和旅游业方面很有用。

    Yīngyǔ zài wàijiāo hé lǚyóuyè fāngmiàn hěn yǒuyòng.

    English is useful in diplomacy and tourism.

    Sentence #798318 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 必须有外交解决的途径。

    Bìxū yǒu wàijiāo jiějué de tújìng.

    There must be a diplomatic solution.

    Sentence #5865529 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是美国大使馆的外交官。

    Tā shì Měiguó dàshǐguǎn de wàijiāoguān.

    He’s a diplomat at the American embassy.

    Sentence #404459 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 外交 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 交 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay
  • 六six · liù
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidDrawn from a person with crossed legs: to cross, to hand over.

How to write 外交

外 5 strokes · 交 6 strokes

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

Words related to 外交

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 交

公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle交jiāo · to hand over交流jiāoliú · to exchange交通jiāotōng · traffic交往jiāowǎng · to associate with交换jiāohuàn · to exchange交际jiāojì · social interaction打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with交代jiāodài · to explain交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate

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人才réncái · talent人口rénkǒu · population士兵shìbīng · soldier偷tōu · to steal王子wángzǐ · prince违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)移民yímín · to immigrate义务yìwù · duty

FAQs

外交 (wàijiāo) means “diplomacy” or “diplomatic”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wàijiāo: wài with a 4th tone, then jiāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 外交 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one diplomacy is 一个外交 (yí ge wàijiāo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type waijiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 外交 from the suggestions. Typing waijiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
外交 is an HSK 5 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.