华
侨

Overseas Chinese in Chinese: 华侨 (huá qiáo)

huá qiáo

overseas Chinese

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 華僑1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1overseas Chinese
  2. 2(in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality

Stroke order

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华
侨

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ㄏㄨㄚˊ

huá

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧㄠˊ

qiáo

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

华侨

Simplified

華僑

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 许多华侨回国投资。

    xǔ duō huá qiáo huí guó tóu zī。

    Many overseas Chinese return home to invest.

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Related words

豪华

háo huá

luxurious

华裔

huá yì

ethnic Chinese

华人

huá rén

ethnic Chinese person or people

华语

huá yǔ

Chinese language

中华

zhōng huá

China (alternate formal name)

才华

cái huá

talent

繁华

fán huá

flourishing

华丽

huá lì

gorgeous

精华

jīng huá

best feature

嘉年华

jiā nián huá

carnival (loanword)

中华民族

zhōng huá mín zú

the Chinese nation

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