外卖
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
外卖 (wàimài) · takeout
外卖 (wàimài) means “takeout; food delivery”. It is written with 2 characters: 外 (outside) + 卖 (to sell). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 外卖 is built
The characters
外 wài · outside
What 外 is made of
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
卖 mài · to sell
What 卖 is made of
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 买mǎi — to buy
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 头tóu — head
- ⺀ — ice
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: 买 gives the meaning, 买 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们今天吃外卖吧。Wǒmen jīntiān chī wàimài ba.Let's have takeout today.
这家店有外卖吗？Zhè jiā diàn yǒu wàimài ma?Does this shop do delivery?
Questions about 外卖
What does 外卖 mean?
外卖 (wàimài) means “takeout; food delivery”.
How do you pronounce 外卖?
外卖 is pronounced wàimài.
Which HSK level is 外卖?
外卖 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 国外guówàiabroad
- 外边wàibianoutside
- 外国wàiguóforeign country
- 外语wàiyǔforeign language
- 外地wàidìanother part of the country
- 以外yǐwàibesides
- 另外lìngwàiin addition
- 外交wàijiāodiplomacy
- 外面wàimiànoutside
- 外文wàiwénforeign language
Learn 外卖 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 10: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.