外衣 (wài yī) means “outer clothing; semblance; appearance”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
她脱下外衣挂在衣架上。
Tā tuō xià wàiyī guà zài yījià shàng.
She took off her coat and hung it on the rack.
Updated: 2026-07-18