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  • 1

    n.infmlforeigner

    • nǐ men xué xiào lǎo wài kě zhēn duō

      你们学校老外

      You've got lots of foreigners on campus.

    • nà lǎo wài gào sù wǒ wǒ xǐ huan běi jīng

      老外告诉喜欢北京

      The foreigner said to me: I like Beijing.

    • nà ge lǎo wài zhèng zài chī hàn bǎo bāo

      那个老外正在汉堡包

      The foreigner was eating a hamburger.

  • 2

    n.infmllayman; raw hand; amateurish; outsider

    • yī kàn nǐ zhè jià shi jiù shì lǎo wài

      架式老外

      A look at the way you act, and I know that you are an amateur.

    • zài zhè yī háng nǐ jiù shì gè lǎo wài le

      老外

      In this trade, you're an outsider.

Word usage

  • "老外" is often matched with measure word "个"or"群".
    • 老外

      one foreigner

    • 老外

      one group of foreigners