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洋joeng4人jan4

joeng4 jan4yáng rén

English

  1. foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
  2. Caucasian

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對西方白人嘅別稱,因為佢哋大多都係渡洋而來,所以稱為洋人

Examples

  • 佢屋企請咗個洋人教佢講英文。

    His family hired a foreign native speaker to teach him English.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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