見外 [见－]

Jyutping gin3 ngoi2
Pinyin jiàn wài

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    當某​啲​人​係​陌生人​，​維持​一定​距離​，​唔​親近
    to regard somebody as an outsider (both positively and negatively used) (used politely)
    • 唔使咁見外喎！
      唔使咁见外㖞！
      m4 sai2 gam3 gin3 ngoi2 wo2!
      Don't consider yourself as an outsider!; Make yourself at home!
  2. 近義詞
    生保、生外

見外 [见－]

Jyutping gin3 ngoi6
Pinyin jiàn wài

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be overly polite with someone; to stand on ceremony; to treat someone like a stranger; to regard someone as an outsider
    • 甲：謝謝你的幫助！乙：哎呀，太見外了。
      甲：谢谢你的帮助！乙：哎呀，太见外了。
      jiǎ ： xiè xie nǐ de bāng zhù ！ yǐ ： āi ya ， tài jiàn wài le ．
      A: Thanks for your help! B: Hey, don't be so polite.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2007
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们突然听见外面传来了一下枪声。
    我們突然聽見外面傳來了一下槍聲。
    wǒ men tū rán tīng jiàn wài miàn chuán lái le yī xià qiāng shēng 。
    • All at once we heard a shot outside.
  2. Mandarin
    大多数中国人没见过几个外国人，觉得特新奇，看见外星人的感觉。
    大多數中國人沒見過幾個外國人，覺得特新奇，看見外星人的感覺。
    dà duō shù zhōng guó rén méi jiàn guò jǐ ge wài guó rén ， jué de tè xīn qí ， kàn jiàn wài xīng rén de gǎn jué 。
    • The vast majority of Chinese people have never met foreigners before, so it feels odd for them, like meeting space aliens.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    唔使咁见外㖞！
    唔使咁見外喎！
    m4 sai2 gam3 gin3 ngoi2 wo2!
    • Don't consider yourself as an outsider!; Make yourself at home!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    见外
    見外
    jiàn wài
    • to make me feel like an outsider (literally, "to have me excluded [from the familiar circle]")
  2. Mandarin
    甲：谢谢你的帮助！乙：哎呀，太见外了。
    甲：謝謝你的幫助！乙：哎呀，太見外了。
    jiǎ ： xiè xie nǐ de bāng zhù ！ yǐ ： āi ya ， tài jiàn wài le ．
    • A: Thanks for your help! B: Hey, don't be so polite.