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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
外省人
- someone from a different province
一聽你啲口音，就知你係外省人啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
一听你啲口音，就知你系外省人啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]- jat1 teng1 nei5 di1 hau2 jam1, zau6 zi1 nei5 hai6 ngoi6 saang2 jan4 laa1.
- Just by listening to your accent, I know you are from a different province.
- (Taiwan) waishengren; a mainlander that settled in Taiwan after 1945 (and their descendants)
- Antonym: 本省人 (běnshěngrén)
Synonyms
- 26 (Taiwanese Mandarin, Internet slang)
- 內地人 / 内地人 (nèidìrén) (chiefly mainland Chinese, Hong Kong)
- 唐山人 (tángshānrén) (Taiwan, Philippines, chiefly Min Nan)
- 大劣人 (Hong Kong, derogatory)
- 大陸人 / 大陆人 (dàlùrén)
- 大陸仔 / 大陆仔 (Philippine Hokkien)
- 大陸喱 / 大陆喱 (Hong Kong, derogatory)
- 強國人 / 强国人 (qiángguórén) (Hong Kong, sarcastic)
- 死阿陸 / 死阿陆 (sǐ'ālù) (Taiwan, derogatory)
- 滯臺中國人 / 滞台中国人 (zhì Tái zhōngguórén) (Taiwan, derogatory)
- 滯臺支那人 / 滞台支那人 (zhì Tái zhīnàrén) (Taiwan, offensive)
- 老芋仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory)
- 蝗蟲 / 蝗虫 (huángchóng) (Hong Kong, slang, derogatory, offensive)
- 長山仔 / 长山仔 (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory)
- 阿山 (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated)
- 阿山仔 (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory)
- 阿陸仔 / 阿陆仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien, offensive)