外套
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
外套 (wàitào) · coat
外套 (wàitào) means “coat; jacket”. It is written with 2 characters: 外 (outside) + 套 (set). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 外套 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)
套 tào · set
What 套 is made of
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 镸cháng — long
- 厶sī — private
Origin hint: A man 大 wrapped in a long 镸 cloth (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
外面冷，穿上外套吧。Wàimiàn lěng, chuān shàng wàitào ba.It's cold outside, put on your coat.
这件外套是新买的吗？Zhè jiàn wàitào shì xīn mǎi de ma?Is this jacket new?
Questions about 外套
What does 外套 mean?
外套 (wàitào) means “coat; jacket”.
How do you pronounce 外套?
外套 is pronounced wàitào.
Which HSK level is 外套?
外套 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 国外guówàiabroad
- 外边wàibianoutside
- 外国wàiguóforeign country
- 外语wàiyǔforeign language
- 外地wàidìanother part of the country
- 外卖wàimàitakeout
- 以外yǐwàibesides
- 另外lìngwàiin addition
- 外交wàijiāodiplomacy
- 外面wàimiànoutside
Learn 外套 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 41: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.