外地

• 拼音: wài dì
• 汉字拆解: 外 = 夕 (evening) + 卜 (divination) — outside; 地 = 土 (earth) + 也 (phonetic) — place, land

含义

Other places; non-local areas. Places outside one's hometown or current city.

Used to describe places away from where one currently lives or originates. The opposite is 本地 (local). 外地人 means someone from out of town. Commonly used when discussing travel, work migration, and regional differences in China.

例句

1. 他从外地来北京工作。
2. 很多外地人在这里生活。
3. 过年的时候外地的人都回家了。

用法指南

语境: travel, migration, regional identity

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 他是外地人，刚来这个城市。(He's from out of town, just arrived in this city.)
• 外地的天气和这里不一样。(The weather in other places is different from here.)

错误说法

• 我去外地了，就在隔壁房间 (Don't use 外地 for short distances — it means a different city or region, not a nearby location)

起源与历史

外 (wài, outside) + 地 (dì, place/land). A place that is outside — i.e., not one's local area.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal