Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- 外邦人
- Transliteration
- ngoi6 bong1 jan4
- Rejected alternatives
- 外江佬, 鄉下人
Gentiles
Avoid colloquial Cantonese insider/outsider terms like 外江佬 (a dated, mildly derogatory term for non-Cantonese/non-local Chinese) or clan-outsider framing (鄉下人 used dismissively) — using either would import a local ethnic/clan hierarchy into a term meant to erase, not reinforce, insider/outsider distinctions.
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