laowai
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See also: lǎowài
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Mandarin 老外 (lǎowài, literally “old outside[r]”).
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Noun[edit]
laowai (plural laowais or laowai)
- (colloquial) A foreigner in mainland China or Taiwan, (particularly) a Western one.