# 外来 (wàilái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 外来 (wàilái) means “foreign; external; from outside”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: foreign; external; from outside
- Pinyin: wàilái (wai4 lai2)
- Traditional: 外來
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这个城市欢迎外来人口。
  Zhège chéngshì huānyíng wàilái rénkǒu.
  This city welcomes newcomers from elsewhere.

## Characters

- [外](https://hanziro.com/word/wai-outside/) (wài): outside; foreign
- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come

https://hanziro.com/word/wai-lai-foreign/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).