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外圍

简 外围 · 繁 外圍
Mandarin · pinyin wài wéi

Meanings

  1. surrounding
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外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
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围
wéi · surround, encircle, corral
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4–2 · wai4 wei2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngoi6 wai4

Cantonese word readings for 外圍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ngoi6 wai4

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. periphery; outskirts; perimeter
  2. (Hong Kong) illegal bookmaking

adj

  1. (attributive) peripheral; outer; outside; external

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