Chinese symbol for “westerner”
洋人
yáng rén
foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
The closest CC-CEDICT match for westerner is 洋人 (yáng rén), defined as: foreigner; (esp.) Westerner.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “westerner”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老毛子 | lǎo máo zi | Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.) |
| 西洋人 | xī yáng rén | Westerner |
| 鬼佬 | guǐ lǎo | foreigner (Cantonese); Westerner |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 洋人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 大洋 | dà yáng | ocean; (old) silver dollar |
| 洋葱 (洋蔥) | yáng cōng | onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion |
| 巡洋舰 (巡洋艦) | xún yáng jiàn | cruiser (warship); battle cruiser |
| 远洋 (遠洋) | yuǎn yáng | distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast) |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “westerner”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.