出外 [－－]

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Pinyin chū wài

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to go out
  2. to leave for another place
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    離開​屋企​去​遠​嘅​地方
    to be away from home (e.g. going abroad)
    • 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友呀。
      在家靠父母，出外靠朋友呀。
      zoi6 gaa1 kaau3 fu6 mou5, ceot1 ngoi6 kaau3 pang4 jau5 aa3.
      When you're at home you rely on your parents. When you're away from home you rely on your friends.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to go out; to leave for another place; to be away from home
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    停雨时我无论如何都会出外。
    停雨時我無論如何都會出外。
    tíng yǔ shí wǒ wú lùn rú hé dū huì chū wài 。
    • At any rate I will go out when it stops raining.
  2. Mandarin
    我一星期前意外受伤，现在不能出外。
    我一星期前意外受傷，現在不能出外。
    wǒ yī xīng qī qián yì wài shòu shāng ， xiàn zài bù néng chū wài 。
    • I can't go out, because I was injured a week ago in an accident.
  3. Mandarin
    住院医生们所有时间都在工作，所以他们不常出外。
    住院醫生們所有時間都在工作，所以他們不常出外。
    zhù yuàn yī shēng men suǒ yǒu shí jiān dōu zài gōng zuò ， suǒ yǐ tā men bù cháng chū wài 。
    • Hospital doctors don't go out very often as their work takes up all their time.
  4. Mandarin
    我们闲时应该出外晒晒太阳。
    我們閒時應該出外曬曬太陽。
    wǒ men xián shí yīng gāi chū wài shài shài tài yáng 。
    • We should sometimes expose our bodies to the sun.
  5. Mandarin
    我今天下午不想出外。
    我今天下午不想出外。
    wǒ jīn tiān xià wǔ bù xiǎng chū wài 。
    • I don't want to go outside this afternoon.
    • I don't want to go out tonight.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我出外边。
    我出外邊。
    • I go outside.
  2. Cantonese
    《哈利波特》出外传㖞，你会唔会睇啊？
    《哈利波特》出外傳喎，你會唔會睇啊？
    "haa1 lei6 bo1 dak6" ceot1 ngoi6 zyun2 wo3, nei5 wui5 m4 wui5 tai2 aa3?
    • A spin-off of Harry Potter will be released! Are you going to read/watch it?
  3. Cantonese
    家丑不出外传
    家醜不出外傳
    • bad things about one's family should not be aired to outsiders
  4. Cantonese
    在家靠父母，出外靠朋友呀。
    在家靠父母，出外靠朋友呀。
    zoi6 gaa1 kaau3 fu6 mou5, ceot1 ngoi6 kaau3 pang4 jau5 aa3.
    • When you're at home you rely on your parents. When you're away from home you rely on your friends.
  5. Cantonese
    佢有时需要出外勤。
    佢有時需要出外勤。
    • Sometimes he needs to work outside the office.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    佢夜晚同埋我哋系好似日头一样、我哋出外好似喺屋𨀣一样、佢嘅眼唔𰥛。
    佢夜晚同埋我哋系好似日头一样、我哋出外好似喺屋𨀣一样、佢嘅眼唔𰥛。
    keoi5 je6 maan5 tung4 maai4 ngo5 dei6 hai6 hou2 ci5 jat6 tau2 jat1 joeng6, ngo5 dei6 ceot1 ngoi6 hou2 ci5 hai2 uk1 kei2 jat1 joeng6, keoi5 ge3 ngaan5 m4 fan3.
    • He is present with us at night the same as during the day. Whether at home or abroad, it is all the same: his eye does not sleep.
  2. Mandarin
    全然无业，即既无土地，又无资金，完全失去生活依据，不得不出外当兵，或出去做工，或打流当乞丐的，都是“赤贫”，占百分之二十。
    全然無業，即既無土地，又無資金，完全失去生活依據，不得不出外當兵，或出去做工，或打流當乞丐的，都是“赤貧”，佔百分之二十。
    quán rán wú yè ， jí jì wú tǔ dì ， yòu wú zī jīn ， wán quán shī qù shēng huó yī jù ， bù dé bù chū wài dāng bīng ， huò chū qù zuò gōng ， huò dǎ liú dāng qǐ gài de ， dōu shì “ chì pín ” ， zhàn bǎi fēn zhī èr shí ．
    • The utterly destitute, comprising 20 per cent, are the completely dispossessed, that is, people who have neither land nor money, are without any means of livelihood, and are forced to leave home and become mercenaries or hired labourers or wandering beggars.