Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

老外

lǎowài

ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄞˋ

  1. 1(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person)
  2. 2layman
  3. 3amateur
Example

他是老外,他聽不懂我們說的話。

tā shì lǎowài tā tīngbùdǒng wǒmen shuō dehuà

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

Keep 老外 and it comes back until you know it.

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