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2024
laowai
laowai
See also:
lǎowài
English
Noun
laowai
(
plural
laowais
or
laowai
)
(
colloquial
)
A
foreigner
in
mainland China
or
Taiwan
,
(
chiefly
)
a
Western
one.
Related terms
gweilo
Etymology
From
Mandarin
老外
(
literally
“
old outside[r]
”
)
.
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