outside (also pr. wài mian for this sense) · surface · exterior · external appearance

wài miàn

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If you are going to smoke, please go outside.

抽煙请到外面抽。

Wait for a moment outside the room.

在房间外面等待片刻。

No matter how cold it is outside, the rooms are comfortably heated.

无论外面多么寒冷，房间始终既舒适又温暖。

Was this wall built to keep people out or to keep them in?

建造这堵墙是为了把人隔在外面还是把他们留在里面？

I was woken up by the noise of the traffic outside.

我是被外面的交通噪音唤醒的。

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