| 国外 | guó wài | abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign |   |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas / abroad | |
| 唐山 | Táng shān | see 唐山市[Tang2shan1 Shi4] / China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese) | |
| 华侨 | Huá qiáo | overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] | |
| 外援 | wài yuán | foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas | |
| 出海 | chū hǎi | to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets | |
| 侨乡 | qiáo xiāng | hometown of overseas Chinese | |
| 海归 | hǎi guī | sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas | |
| 海外华人 | hǎi wài Huá rén | overseas Chinese | |
| 拉练 | lā liàn | (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas | |
| 陪读 | péi dú | to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together | |
| 土鳖 | tǔ biē | ground beetle / (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas / (dialect) country bumpkin | |
| 流亡在海外 | liú wáng zài hǎi wài | to be in exile overseas | |
| 外商直接投资 | wài shāng zhí jiē tóu zī | overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI) | |
| 外籍华人 | wài jí Huá rén | overseas Chinese / persons of Chinese origin having foreign citizenship | |
| 崇洋媚外 | chóng yáng mèi wài | to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas | |
| 留尼汪 | Liú ní wāng | Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) | |
| 日本海外经济合作基金 | rì běn hǎi wài jīng jì hé zuò jī jīn | Japanese Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund | |
| 海外房地产管理信息交流网络 | | Overseas Properties Management Information Exchange Network | |
| 规划、设计和海外财产科 | | Planning, Design and Overseas Properties Section | |
| 海外开发理事会 | | Overseas Development Council | |
| 海外津贴 | hǎi wài jīn tiē | overseas allowances | |
| 加拿大大学海外服务处 | | Canadian University Service Overseas | |
| 海外联系国和领土协会 | | Overseas Countries and Territories Association | |
| 海外沿海地区开发研究所 | | Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan | |
| 海外领土协商理事会 | | Overseas Territories Consultative Council | |
| 海外联系国 | hǎi wài lián xì guó | overseas countries and territories | |
| 海外联系领土 | hǎi wài lián xì lǐng tǔ | overseas countries and territories | |
| 海外领土 | hǎi wài lǐng tǔ | overseas territory | |
| 共同体与海外国家和领土结盟执行公约 | | Implementing Convention relating to the Association with the Community of the Overseas Countries and Territories | |
| 天主教海外开发机构 | | Catholic Agency for Overseas Development | |
| 日本青年海外协力队 | | Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers | |
| 海外开发自然资源研究所 | | Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute | |
| 英国海外发展非政府组织网 | | British Overseas NGOs for Development | |
| 女选民联盟海外教育基金 | | Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters | |
| 海外教育国际基金 | | Overseas Education Fund International | |
| 海外发展研究所 | | Overseas Development Institute | |
| 海外开发署 | | Overseas Development Administration | |
| 海外财产管理和建筑股 | | Overseas Property Management and Construction Unit | |
| 海外部门科 | | Overseas Offices Section | |
| 国际海外电信委员会 | | Overseas Telecommunications Commission International | |
| 驻节 | zhù jié | (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on an official posting | |
| 侨务委员会 | Qiáo wù Wěi yuán huì | Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan | |
| 番客 | fān kè | (old) foreigner / alien / (dialect) overseas Chinese | |
| 海外赤子 | hǎi wài chì zǐ | patriotic overseas compatriot | |
| 留尼旺 | Liú ní wàng | Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) (Tw) | |
| 海待 | hǎi dài | student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hai3 dai4]) / cf. 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1] | |
| 海淘 | hǎi táo | online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas | |
| 华教 | huá jiào | Chinese language education (for people living outside China, esp. the children of overseas Chinese communities) | |
