外行

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (外行)		外	行
simp. #(外行)		外	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ hong⁴ / ngoi⁶ hong^4-2

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-hòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-hâng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-ghaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàiháng
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-hang²
    • Yale: wài-háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayharng
    • Palladius: вайхан (vajxan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ xɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ hong⁴ / ngoi⁶ hong^4-2
    • Yale: ngoih hòhng / ngoih hóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ hong⁴ / ngoi⁶ hong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ hong⁴ / ngoi⁶ hong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² hɔːŋ²¹/, /ŋɔːi̯²² hɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-hòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi hongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ hong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ hoŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-hâng
    • Tâi-lô: guā-hâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxhaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ haŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ haŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nga-ghaon
    • MiniDict: nga^去 ghaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-hhaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² ɦɑ̃⁴⁴/

Adjective

外行

1. non-expert; lay; amateur

Antonyms

• 光行 (Hakka)
• 內行／内行 (nèiháng)
• 在行 (zàiháng)
• 懂行 (dǒngháng)

 

Noun

外行

1. non-expert; layperson; amateur

Synonyms

• 外行人 (wàihángrén)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí) (figurative)
• 行外人 (hángwàirén)
• 門外漢／门外汉 (ménwàihàn)

 

Antonyms

• 內行／内行 (nèiháng)
• 內行人／内行人 (nèihángrén)
• 名家 (míngjiā)
• 大家
• 大方 (dàfāng) (literary)
• 大神 (dàshén) (Internet slang)
• 好手 (hǎoshǒu)
• 專家／专家 (zhuānjiā)
• 專才／专才 (zhuāncái)
• 專業人員／专业人员 (zhuānyè rényuán)
• 專業人才／专业人才 (zhuānyè réncái)
• 專業戶／专业户 (zhuānyèhù) (figurative)
• 專門／专门 (zhuānmén)
• 專門家／专门家 (zhuānménjiā)
• 強手／强手 (qiángshǒu)
• 懸手／悬手 (Hokkien)
• 把式 (bǎshì)
• 方家 (fāngjiā) (literary)
• 能手 (néngshǒu)
• 行家 (hángjiā)
• 行家裡手／行家里手 (hángjiā lǐshǒu)
• 裡手／里手 (lǐshǒu)
• 通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
• 達人／达人 (dárén)
• 高手 (gāoshǒu)

 

Derived terms

• 外行人 (wàihángrén)

 

References

• “Entry #1478”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.