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CHINESE | 中文 （国语） => Learn Chinese => Topic started by: Gay on December 08, 2016, 11:16:58 PM

Title: What is 'laowai' in Chinese
Post by: Gay on December 08, 2016, 11:16:58 PM

About the meaning of the laowai

Laowai (in Chinese: 老外) means 'foreigner' (it is an informal term). More about this word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laowai.

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Title: Laowai pronunciation
Post by: MSL on December 09, 2016, 12:00:01 AM

 About the laowai pronunciation (laowai's pronunciation): it's lǎowài (this is how we write it in pinyin). Some people spell it lao wai (for example: "What does Lao Wai mean?") and it's okay, because it's a 2-characters Chinese word.