| 外 | Wài Mǎn zhōu | Outer Manchuria (the historical name for the part of Russia near northeastern China that was ceded to the Russian Empire in the mid-19th century) | 
| 外 | wài | outside / in addition / foreign / external | 
| 满 | Mǎn | Manchu ethnic group | 
| 满 | mǎn | to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented | 
| 满 | Mǎn zhōu | Manchuria | 
| 洲 | zhōu | continent / island in a river |