粵

老lou5外ngoi2

lou5 ngoi2lou5 ngoi6lǎo wài

English

  1. (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person)
  2. layman
  3. amateur
  4. foreigner; literally: old outside

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 外國人

Examples

  • 他是老外,他听不懂我们说的话。

    He's a foreigner. He doesn't understand what we're saying.

    Tatoeba · katshi94 CC BY

  • 幸运的是大家都明白了这个老外的意思,知道我只是闹笑话而友好地对我笑一下。

    Fortunately, everybody understood what this foreigner meant, knew I was only making a fool of myself, and laughed at me.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 聽講佢娶咗個老外做老婆。

    I have heard that he has taken an foreigner as his wife.

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

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