laowai

Meanings

Plural: laowai, laowais

Noun

A foreigner in mainland China or Taiwan, (particularly) a Western one.

Origin / Etymology

From Mandarin 老外 (lǎowài, literally “old outside[r]”).

Synonyms

white person

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