外面 (wàimian) means Outside. Below are 22 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
孩子们在 外面 玩。
Háizimen zài wàimiàn wán.
The children are playing outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 外
外面 飘起了雪花。
Wàimiàn piāo qǐ le xuěhuā.
Snowflakes have begun to drift down outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 飘
外面 好像有人敲门。
Wàimiàn hǎoxiàng yǒu rén qiāo mén.
It sounds as if someone is knocking at the door.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 敲
外面 的雨不断地下。
Wàimiàn de yǔ búduàn de xià.
The rain outside keeps falling without a break.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不断
她把衣服晒在 外面 。
Tā bǎ yīfu shài zài wàimiàn.
She hung the clothes outside to dry.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 晒
外面 有闪电和雷声。
Wàimiàn yǒu shǎndiàn hé léi shēng.
There is lightning and thunder outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 闪电
窗户 外面 有一棵大树。
Chuānghu wàimiàn yǒu yì kē dà shù.
There is a big tree outside the window.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 窗户
外面 下雨了,带把伞吧。
Wàimiàn xià yǔ le, dài bǎ sǎn ba.
It's raining outside — take an umbrella.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 伞
外面 太吵了,我睡不着。
Wàimiàn tài chǎo le, wǒ shuì bu zháo.
It is too noisy outside; I cannot fall asleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吵
外面 太冷,我快冻坏了。
Wàimiàn tài lěng, wǒ kuài dòng huài le.
It is freezing outside; I am half frozen.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冻
他在 外面 大声嚷着什么。
Tā zài wàimiàn dàshēng rǎngzhe shénme.
He was shouting something loudly outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嚷
这孩子在 外面 又惹祸了。
Zhè háizi zài wàimiàn yòu rěhuò le.
This child has got into trouble outside again.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惹祸
外面 刮风了,把门关上吧。
Wàimiàn guāfēng le, bǎ mén guānshàng ba.
It's windy outside — let's close the door.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 刮风
他一个人在 外面 ,真可怜。
Tā yí ge rén zài wàimiàn, zhēn kělián.
He is out there all alone; it is really sad.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 可怜
外面 的噪音干扰了我的思路。
Wàimiàn de zàoyīn gānrǎo le wǒ de sīlù.
The noise outside disrupted my train of thought.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 干扰
外面 一阵喧哗,把他吵醒了。
Wàimiàn yí zhèn xuānhuá, bǎ tā chǎo xǐng le.
A commotion outside woke him up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 喧哗
在 外面 冻了一晚,他的手指都僵硬了。
Zài wàimiàn dòng le yì wǎn, tā de shǒuzhǐ dōu jiāngyìng le.
After a night out in the cold his fingers had gone stiff.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 僵硬
他那几年在 外面 受罪,很少跟家里说。
Tā nà jǐ nián zài wàimiàn shòuzuì, hěn shǎo gēn jiā lǐ shuō.
He had a hard time of it away from home in those years and rarely told his family.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 受罪
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Questions about 外面
How is 外面 used in a sentence?
This page shows 22 sentences using 外面 (wàimian, "Outside"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
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