外省人

Chinese

		another province; province other than where one is	man; person; people
trad. (外省人)		外省	人
simp. #(外省人)		外省	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàishěngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ saang² jan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-sén-ngìn

  (Hailu, HRS): ngoi^˖ sen^ˊ ngin

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-séng-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàishěngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàishěngrén
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-shêng³-jên²
    • Yale: wài-shěng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waysheengren
    • Palladius: вайшэнжэнь (vajšɛnžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ saang² jan⁴
    • Yale: ngoih sáang yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ saang² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ sang² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² saːŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-sén-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi sen^ˋ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ sen³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ sen³¹ ŋin¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi^˖ sen^ˊ ngin
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³ sen²⁴⁻³³ ŋin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-séng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: guā-síng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxsefnglaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

Noun

外省人

1. 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. [Jyutping]

   Just by listening to your accent, I know you are from a different province.

2. (Taiwan) waishengren; a mainlander that settled in Taiwan after 1945 (and their descendants)

   Antonym: 本省人 (běnshěngrén)

Synonyms

• (mainlander):

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• 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)