外事

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (外事)		外	事
simp. #(外事)		外	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-sīr / gōa-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàishìh
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: wài-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayshyh
    • Palladius: вайши (vajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: ngoih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 外事 礙事／碍事

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: guā-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-sū
    • Tâi-lô: guā-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ su²²/

Noun

外事

1. foreign affairs
2. matters outside the home

Synonyms

• (foreign affairs):

• 國際事務／国际事务 (guójì shìwù)
• 外交 (wàijiāo)
• 外交事務／外交事务 (wàijiāo shìwù)
• 外務／外务 (wàiwù)
• 夷務／夷务 (yíwù) (historical, late Qing dynasty)
• 洋務／洋务 (yángwù) (historical, late Qing dynasty)
• 涉外事務／涉外事务 (shèwài shìwù)