gweilo
/ˈɡweɪləʊ
/noun (plural gweilos) SE Asian
A foreigner, especially a westerner.The fact that he was just a little guy - 147 lb, 5ft 7in - and could take on the biggest gweilo [Cantonese slang for foreigner] and knock the hell out of him....
- In 1992, he sparked a heated argument by calling a fellow member a " gweilo’.
- But even savvy gweilos will be frustrated by this mess.
Origin
Cantonese, literally 'ghost man'.
- the new black
- the new kid on the block
- the new normal
- the next world
- the night's (only) a pup
- the Nine
- the nizam
- the noble art (or science) (of self-defence)
- the noes have it
- the north–south divide
- theo-
- the Oaks
- the object of the exercise
- theobromine
- theocentric
- theocracy
- theocrat
- theocratic
- theocratically
- Theocritus
- theodicean
- theodicy
- theodolite
- theodolitic
- Theodora