老外 lǎowài

lǎowài noun a foreigner
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language , Concept: Person 人
Notes: An example of a word using the prefix 老 'old' to indicate familiarity (Sun 2006, loc. 699)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Mazu and Taiwan's Avalokitesvara 媽祖，台灣的觀世音 A Life With Palms Joined 3 - The Causes and Conditions of One-Stroke Calligraphy 《合掌人生3－一筆字的因緣》 — count: 2
• My Religious Experience 我的宗教體驗 Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Religion and Experience 《人間佛教系列10－宗教與體驗》 — count: 2
• The Mainland Sangha in Taiwan 大陸僧侶在台灣 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 7 - A Monastic's Faith 1 《百年佛緣7－僧信篇1》 — count: 1
• Putting Down Roots for One's Life 落地生根 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 老外婆 (老外婆) 年過古稀之齡的老外婆 — A Life With Palms Joined 3 - The Causes and Conditions of One-Stroke Calligraphy 《合掌人生3－一筆字的因緣》, Mazu and Taiwan's Avalokitesvara 媽祖，台灣的觀世音 — count: 4