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HSK 3 · Society & World

外交

wài jiāo

diplomacy; foreign affairs

Stroke order of 外交

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

外 · 5 strokes交 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

外 is outside, and 交 is a person crossing legs: crossing outside.

Parts: 外: outside; 交: cross

The characters in 外交

  • 外 wài — outside (5 strokes)
  • 交 jiāo — to hand in; to hand over (6 strokes)

Example sentence

他在外交部工作。

He works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Words with 外

外语foreign language国外abroad外国foreign country; foreign外outside外边outside外卖takeaway; delivery food外地other places以外beyond; apart from外面outside外文foreign language另外in addition; besides意外accident; unexpected

Words with 交

交朋友to make friends公交车bus交通traffic; transport交to hand in; to hand over交给to give to; to hand to交警traffic police交易deal; to trade交费to pay a fee交流to communicate; exchange交往to associate with; contact

More words: Society & World

社会society世界world全球global; whole world国内domestic联合国United Nations大使馆embassy首都capital city和平peace; peaceful武器weapon危害to harm; harm公共public公开open; to make public合法legal

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