粵

西sai1洋joeng4人jan4

sai1 joeng4 jan4xī yáng rén

English

  1. Westerner
  2. Westerner (mostly means Caucasian). Literally: West ocean man

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對西方白人嘅別稱,因為佢哋大多都係由西方渡洋而來,所以稱為西洋人

Examples

  • 佢屋企請咗個西洋人教佢講英文。

    His family hired a Westerner to teach him English. 量詞:個

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

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