外地

Mandarin · pinyin wài dì

Meanings

  1. parts of the country other than where one is
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外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
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4–4 · wai4 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngoi6 dei6

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

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ngoi6 dei6

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noun

  1. other parts of the country; other places; elsewhere; outland

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