To translate, it says laowai is a colloquial term for foreigners, similar to nicknames such as laozhang and laowang. The word lao is added to sound friendly. In the past, Chinese used terms that address foreigners as third persons, the term laowai can be used on a second person. From Wikipedia: Laowai is a commonly used Chinese mandarin word.

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Your first point (老外 means a foreigner who is from the standpoint of the speaker) is correct. Similarly, a person from Mainland China talking about 國内 means China regardless of where the person is speaking from or how long that person's been overseas; 白話 in Cantonese always means Cantonese, even though 白話 can refer to any other topolect (depending on which topolect it …

2020年6月17日 · I know other words like 如果 also mean "if", but why would 要是...的话 mean "if"? An example sentence: 要是你喜欢汉语（的话），你该听中国的音乐。 If you like Chinese, you should listen to Chinese music.

2022年12月26日 · I know it's probably not the best way to say it. Perhaps something more elaborate like "他想要在家里“ would sound better. But is the barebones version 他要在家 incorrect? To be clear, I mean this as a

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If you look at the character 姜, it seems like the top part is ⺷ and the bottom is 女, however some sources, Chinese-Characters, HanziJS and Wikimedia Commons show the phonetic radical as 羊.

I'm learning how to translate "What's your last/first name?" with Duolingo and Google Translate. Both apps indicate that the correct translations are 你的姓是什么? and 你叫什么名字 There are many differences...

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Yes. As for me, '帅' used on a women does imply that there is a sense of masculine beauty or character on her which is not common for women, particularly when she does some perfect job which would seem harder for women in traditional Chinese view (e.g. some physical work, etc).