格外 (géwài) means Especially. Below are 10 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
雨后的空气 格外 新鲜。
Yǔ hòu de kōngqì géwài xīnxiān.
The air after rain is especially fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 格外
深夜的山村 格外 寂静。
Shēnyè de shāncūn géwài jìjìng.
The mountain village is especially still late at night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寂静
雨后的天空 格外 晴朗。
Yǔ hòu de tiānkōng géwài qínglǎng.
The sky after the rain is especially clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 晴朗
夏天的夜晚显得 格外 短促。
Xiàtiān de yèwǎn xiǎnde géwài duǎncù.
Summer nights seem particularly fleeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 短促
冬天的海边显得 格外 荒凉。
Dōngtiān de hǎibiān xiǎnde géwài huāngliáng.
The seaside in winter looks especially bleak.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 荒凉
冬天的老屋显得 格外 凄凉。
Dōngtiān de lǎowū xiǎnde géwài qīliáng.
The old house looks especially desolate in winter.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凄凉
绿叶衬托着红花， 格外 好看。
Lǜ yè chèntuōzhe hóng huā, géwài hǎokàn.
The green leaves set off the red flowers beautifully.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 衬托
离开繁华的市区，山里 格外 安静。
Líkāi fánhuá de shìqū, shān lǐ géwài ānjìng.
Away from the bustling city, the mountains are especially quiet.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 繁华
这条小路凹凸不平，骑车要 格外 小心。
Zhè tiáo xiǎolù āotū bù píng, qí chē yào géwài xiǎoxīn.
This path is bumpy and uneven, so you must be extra careful cycling on it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凹凸
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Questions about 格外
How is 格外 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 格外 (géwài, "Especially"), 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.
Is 格外 an HSK word?
Yes — 格外 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 格外?
The dictionary page for 格外 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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