"laowai" meaning in English

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        "3": "老外",
        "lit": "old outside􂀿r􂁀"
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      "expansion": "Mandarin 老外 (lǎowài, literally “old outside[r]”)",
      "name": "bor"
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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 老外 (lǎowài, literally “old outside[r]”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laowais",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A foreigner in mainland China or Taiwan, (particularly) a Western one."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) A foreigner in mainland China or Taiwan, (particularly) a Western one."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "gweilo"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "white person"
        },
        {
          "alt": "Wade–Giles",
          "word": "lao-wai"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lao Wai"
        }
      ],
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        "colloquial"
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        "laowai"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊˈwaɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laowai"
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        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "老外",
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 老外 (lǎowài, literally “old outside[r]”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laowais",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laowai",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "A foreigner in mainland China or Taiwan, (particularly) a Western one."
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        ],
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          "Western",
          "Western"
        ]
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        "(colloquial) A foreigner in mainland China or Taiwan, (particularly) a Western one."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊˈwaɪ/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "white person"
    },
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      "alt": "Wade–Giles",
      "word": "lao-wai"
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