| 外面 | wài miàn | outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance |   |
| 外部 | wài bù | the outside / (attributive) external / exterior / surface | |
| 外景 | wài jǐng | exterior scene / outdoor scene | |
| 臭豆腐 | chòu dòu fu | stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person | |
| 表里 | biǎo lǐ | the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior | |
| 独力 | dú lì | all by oneself / without exterior help | |
| 华而不实 | huá ér bù shí | flower but no fruit (idiom) / handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy | |
| 外场 | wài chǎng | outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage | |
| 银样镴枪头 | yín yàng là qiāng tóu | silvery spear point actually made of pewter (idiom) / fig. worthless despite an attractive exterior | |
| 外积 | wài jī | exterior product / the cross product of two vectors | |
| 外错角 | wài cuò jiǎo | (math.) alternate exterior angles | |
| 金玉其外，败絮其中 | jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) | |
| 金玉其表，败絮其中 | jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) | |
| 国际关系和外部对话基金会 | | Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior | |
| 八纲 | bā gāng | (TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction | |
| 半表半里 | bàn biǎo bàn lǐ | half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior | |
