Coat in Chinese (Mandarin): 外套 (wàitào)

外套
wàitào
coat
- Simplified
- 外套
- Traditional
- 外套
- Pinyin
- wàitào
- Typed as
- waitao
Use it in a sentence
外套有口袋。
The coat has pockets.
The characters in 外套
外
Outside.
5 strokes
套
A cover, a case.
10 strokes
外套 is an "outside cover", the layer you wear over your clothes. Count it with 件 (jiàn): 一件外套.
More examples with 外套
天冷了,穿上外套。
Tiān lěng le, chuān shang wàitào.
It's cold, so put on your coat.
我的外套是红色的。
我的外套是紅色的。
Wǒ de wàitào shì hóngsè de.
My coat is red.
How to write 外套 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
外 5 strokes
套 10 strokes
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