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Dr. Robert Husztig
Hungarian
Jun 18, 2026
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    What do you do when someone calls you a 老外?

    I've been living in mainland China for about 5 years now, and I still haven't gotten used to this word. So does this word bother you? If so, what do you do when you hear it? If it doesn't bother you, how does it make you feel?

     

    It makes me upset to hear it only because it seems to be used in an almost exclusively negative context. My personal "rules of engagement" are the following:

     

    1. If I hear a stranger say it, and I am in no way involved in a conversation with them, I ignore them and pretend I didn't hear it.

     

    2. If it's someone I just met, I will ask them politely to not use that word, as it makes me uncomfortable.

     

    3. If it's someone I know well, I will be more direct and tell them to stop.

     

     

    Everyone feels and reacts differently to and about this word, and I'm not here to argue if it's a "bad" or "racist" word or not, because the concept of racism is a very complicated subject within most Asian cultures and can be difficult to understand. My interest is solely in how different people react or respond upon hearing this word.

     

    Let's keep it friendly!

    February 9, 2014
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  • Commented

    As a native speaker, the more and more time I spend away from my home country (the US) the more certain English phrases start to bother me. Here are a few of mine:

     

    * Hello there! - Why "there"? Why not "here"?

    * That's ok/I'm fine/I'm good [to mean "No"]

    * Negative questions like "Don't you want some cake?"

     And a bunch of others.

     

    I think every language has a few oddities that evolve over time, but like I said, the futhur I distance myself from English, the more wierd these phrases sound to me!

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    February 9, 2014
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  • Answered
    I've only heard of this being used as an insult - to say that a man is girly, wears makeup and is feminine. This word seems to come from a recent South Korean TV show of some sort.
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    February 9, 2014
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  • Posted
    关于结婚的调查报告 － 你的想法是什么？ 大家好， 在我的大学的汉语课里，我需要写报告关于年轻人对结婚的想法。一共有四个问题，如果有时间，请帮我写你的回答，比如 1 a 2 c 3 b 等等。中国人还是别国家的人都可以参加！ 谢谢！ 1 你有一天打算结婚吗？ a 是 b 不是 2 你为什么想结婚？ a 为了爱 b 为了稳定的生活 c 为了家庭或者社会的观念 d 其他／不要结婚 3 你想跟什么样的人结婚？ a 一个你非常爱的人，可是他非常不靠铺 b 一个非常靠铺的人，可是你没有很爱他 c 这两个都不能接受 4 在你的国家，如果你永远都没结婚，别人会对你有什么感觉？ a 觉得我很奇怪 b 没什么问题 c 其他／a和b在一起
    April 11, 2013
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  • Commented

    In the olden days (2008 and prior) QQ had a chat room system, but it's since been eliminated. Now there are just QQ groups. You can find them on qq international and baidu.

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    August 26, 2011
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  • Commented

    覆水难收 fu shui nan shou

    Literally means spilled water is difficult to collect

    However, it's used to say, what's been done can't be undone.

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    August 26, 2011
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  • Posted
    我是个外国留学生，我怎么可以找到兼職工作在中国？ 我已经看了很多的网站，比如说51job，还有一些本地网站，他们都是找中国人，或者已经毕业了人。 工作的话，我随便都可以，我就是不要教英语。
    August 25, 2011
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  • Answered
    I used to sell mobile phones over the phone when I used to work for the phone company. We had a phone called the 2125, and we always pronounced it as "The twenty-one twenty-five", I never heard anyone call it "the two one two five". We also had a Blackberry that was the 7100C. That we pronounced "seventy-one hundred C". Last, it's not 'two reads', it would be 'two different readings' 'two different ways to read it'
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    August 25, 2011
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    Yes to the first three, but no to the last one. Definitely most common is incorrectly making a verb past tense. For example, "I falled down" instead of "I fell down"
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    August 25, 2011
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  • Answered
    I've found that no matter where someone comes from, people are people. Just treat them with respect and politeness, be friendly, and you won't have any problems. :)
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    December 31, 2010
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