分外

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (分外)		分	外
simp. #(分外)		分	外
alternative forms		份外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fènwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁶ ngoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hūn-gōa / hun-gōa / hun-gōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fènwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fènwài
    • Wade–Giles: fên⁴-wai⁴
    • Yale: fèn-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fennway
    • Palladius: фэньвай (fɛnʹvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: fahn ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²² ŋɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: hūn-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxn'goa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun²²⁻²¹ ɡua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹⁻²² ɡua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: hun-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'goa
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡua³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: hun-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'goe
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡue³³/

Adverb

分外

1. especially; particularly; specially
   • c. 1970, “Advertisement for 八珍添丁甜醋”‎performed by 李燕萍 [Lee Yin Ping]:

     八珍甜醋份外香 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     baat³ zan¹ tim⁴ cou³ fan⁶ ngoi⁶ hoeng¹ [Jyutping]

     Pat Chun sweetened vinegar is especially fragrant

Synonyms

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• 尤其 (yóuqí)
• 尤為 / 尤为 (yóuwéi)
• 格外 (géwài)
• 特別 / 特别 (tèbié)
• 頭一 / 头一 (teu² it) (Gan)
• 額外 / 额外 (nge⁶ uai⁵) (Xiang)

Derived terms

• 仇人相見，分外眼紅 / 仇人相见，分外眼红 (chóurén xiāngjiàn, fènwài yǎnhóng)
• 分外夭夭
• 分外眼紅 / 分外眼红

Adjective

分外

1. (attributive) beyond one's job, duty or remit

Antonyms

• 分內／分内 (fènnèi)