老外 lǎowài foreigner Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents lǎowài foreigner 老 lǎo adjectiveaffix [familiarity prefix] prefix used before a surname to indicate familiarity or respect外 wài adverb foreign foreign; external; referring to countries other than one's ownlǎowài layman 老 lǎo adjectiveaffix [familiarity prefix] prefix used before a surname to indicate familiarity or respect外 wài determineradverb other other; additional; separate from what has already been mentioned or the group one belongs tolǎowài elderly male role 老 lǎo adjective old old; aged; (of people) venerable外 wài wài role (bound form) a role type in traditional opera, usually representing an elderly man