| wài | outside/in addition/foreign/external |
| 外 | outside in addition foreign |
| 外丹 | Taoist external alchemy |
| 外乡 | another part of the country some other place |
| 外乡人 | a stranger out-of-towner |
| 外事 | foreign affairs |
| 外事办公室 | Foreign Affairs Office |
| 外事口 | collective name for all government organs that have to do with foreign affairs |
| 外事处 | Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) Foreign Affairs Department |
| 外事局 | FAB |
| 外事往来 | dealings with foreign nationals or organizations |
| 外事科 | the foreign affairs section |
| 外事组 | foreign affairs section; section dealing with foreign personnel and foreign visitors |
| 外事部门 | foreign affairs section |
| 外交 | diplomacy diplomatic foreign affairs |
| 外交上的 | fetial |
| 外交事务 | foreign affairs |
| 外交人员 | diplomatic agent; diplomatic personnel |
| 外交代表 | diplomatic representative |
| 外交代表机构 | a diplomatic mission |
| 外交使团 | corps diplomatique; foreign mission; diplomatic corps |