外來

See also: 外来

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to come
trad. (外來)		外	來
simp. (外来)		外	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàilái

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ loi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngoi-lòi

(Hailu, HRS): ngoi^˖ loi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gōa-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ lai⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-le₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàilái
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàilái
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-lai²
  - Yale: wài-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waylai
  - Palladius: вайлай (vajlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ loi⁴
  - Yale: ngoih lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi^˖ loi
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³ loi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: guā-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghua⁷ lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā lâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ lai⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-le₆
  - MiniDict: nga^去 le^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-le₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² le⁴⁴/

Adjective

外來

(attributive) extraneous; being influenced by outside factors; extrinsic
(attributive) foreign; exotic
外來害蟲／外来害虫 ― wàilái hàichóng ― exotic pest
(attributive) external; outside
禁止外來車輛停放。 [MSC, trad.]
禁止外来车辆停放。 [MSC, simp.]
Jìnzhǐ wàilái chēliàng tíngfàng. [Pinyin]
Reserved parking.

Synonyms

(extraneous): 外在 (wàizài)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “extraneous”): 固有 (gùyǒu), 內在／内在 (nèizài)

Derived terms

外來詞 / 外来词 (wàiláicí)
外來語 / 外来语 (wàiláiyǔ)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 外來 – see the following entry.

【外来がいらい】

[noun] being foreign

[noun] outpatient

(This term, 外來, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
外	來

Adjective

外來

chữ Hán form of ngoại lai (“foreign; alien”)