they share same meaning.
but laowai(老外) originally has offensive meaning... people r used to call foreigners laowai instead of waiguoren nowadays. so laowai is more casual, waiguoren is more formal.
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They are exactly same.
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I think laowai老外 is used in nord china
I never use this word
外国人 is the right expression
2010년 9월 8일
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both are the same meaning,
but 老外is often used in spoken compared with '外国人'.
2010년 9월 8일
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They have the same meaning.But 外国人 is more formal.They just like "ping-pong" and "table tennis" in English.