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外地人
  ngoi6 dei6 jan4   jyutping
  wai4 di4 ren2   pinyin
an outsider, non-local, someone from another part of the country

Sometimes written as a pun on message forums as 硬盤 (hard disc person) as the pinyin WD is an abbreviation for Western Digital, a manufacturer of hard drives.
noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
外地人

This word has been viewed 1646 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 28th Jun 2009 21:25 and last edited on 28th Jun 2009 21:26
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Characters in this word:

 ngoi6  -  outside; foreign; additional; unofficial
 dei6 dei6*2  -  earth; land; district; location
 jan4  -  person; human being
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