[Gay]

About the meaning of the laowai

Laowai (in Chinese: 老外) means 'foreigner' (it is an informal term). More about this word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laowai.

Some topics in this international omnilogy forum:

• Why the non-yellow (non-mongoloids) cannot become completely Chinese nowadays
• Basic knowledge for some of the Chinese adults and their kids about 老外(laowai)s

[MSL]

 About the laowai pronunciation (laowai's pronunciation): it's lǎowài (this is how we write it in pinyin). Some people spell it lao wai (for example: "What does Lao Wai mean?") and it's okay, because it's a 2-characters Chinese word.