老外
lou5 ngoi2lou5 ngoi6lǎo wài
English
- (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person)
- layman
- amateur
- foreigner; literally: old outside
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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.
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