ngoại lai
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋwa̰ːʔj˨˩ laːj˧˧/
Central
/ŋwa̰ːj˨˨ laːj˧˥/
Southern
/ŋwaːj˨˩˨ laːj˧˧/
Listen
foreign
Adjective
foreign
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
foreign Properties & States
Describes something that originates from or belongs to a different country or outside source.
vi Đây là một loài sinh vật ngoại lai.
en This is a foreign species.
Parts
ngoại / lai / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 外來 …
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Parts
ngoại / lai / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 外來 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 外來
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
外來
Candidates by syllable
ngoại
外
lai
來（淶 / 萊）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
foreign
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Similar
foreign
Use
từ ngoại lai / ngoại truyện / ngoại ngữ / ý tại ngôn ngoại …
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Use
từ ngoại lai / ngoại truyện / ngoại ngữ / ý tại ngôn ngoại …