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Gwailo vs Gweilo - What's the difference?

gwailo | gweilo | Alternative forms |

Gwailo is an alternative form of gweilo.

gwailo

Not English

Gwailo has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'gwailo':

gweilo, guailo

gweilo

English

Alternative forms

* gwailo * kwailo

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (colloquial, ethnic slur) A white person in China, (particularly) of men ; a ‘foreign devil’.
  • *1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 179:
  • *:She had ruffled the bed and laid a frilly nightdress on the floor because so far as the block was concerned Phoebe was the half-kwailo bastard who whored with the fat foreign devil.

    • Usage notes

    Some expatriates in Hong Kong now use gweilo to jokingly refer to themselves.

    Related terms

    * laowai

    External links

    * Cartoon by Larry Feign