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gweilo

The English word “gweilo” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A white person in China, (particularly) a man; a ‘foreign devil’.

Etymology

From Cantonese 鬼佬 (gwai² lou²), from 鬼 (gwai², “ghost”) + 佬 (lou², “guy, man”).

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