国外

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国外 – see 國外 (“outside the country; outside one's country; overseas; abroad; overseas; abroad; external”). (This term is the simplified form of 國外).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	外
こく Grade: 2	がい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
國外 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくがい [kòkúꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ɡa̠i]

Noun

国(こく)外(がい) • (kokugai) 

1. outside of the country, overseas

   国外(こくがい)に逃亡(とうぼう)する

   kokugai ni tōbō suru

   to escape overseas

Antonyms

• 国内(こくない) (kokunai): inside the country, domestic