Usually means: Offensive term for Western foreigners.
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▸ noun:  (colloquial, ethnic slur) A white person in China, (particularly) a man; a ‘foreign devil’.

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gwailo, kwailo, guailo, foreign devil, white devil, white monkey, gweipo, laowai, whitey, ching chong, more...

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local, native, Chinese

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gwailo, kwailo, guailo, foreign devil, white devil, white monkey, gweipo, laowai, whitey, ching chong, more...

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