外出 wài chū to go outto go away (on a trip etc) Example sentences 父亲总是外出工作,没有时间和家人在一起。 fùqīn zǒng shì wàichū gōngzuò, méiyǒu shíjiān hé jiārén zài yīqǐ. My father was always away at work and had no time to spend with his family