僑 (kiu4 | qiao2) : person residing abroad

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僑

kiu4

qiao2

[1] [n] person residing abroad
[2] [v] reside abroad

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

僑 / 侨

This word has been viewed 5653 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Mar 2011 02:48

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華僑 waa4 kiu4 hua2 qiao2 = overseas Chinese

僑胞 kiu4 baau1 qiao2 bao1 = compatriot living abroad

美國華僑 mei5 gwok3 waa4 kiu4 = American overseas Chinese

撤僑 cit3 kiu4 che4 qiao2 = to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)

僑民 kiu4 man4 qiao2 min2 = expatriates

刁僑扭擰 diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6 = to be fussy; to keep refusing when offered a series of choices

越南華僑 jyut6 naam4 waa4 kiu4 yue4 nan2 hua2 qiao2 = Hoa (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)

先僑 sin1 kiu4 xian1 qiao2 = overseas Chinese pioneers; overseas Chinese predecessors

僑領 kiu4 ling5 qiao2 ling3 = a leader in the overseas Chinese community

僑社 kiu4 se5 qiao2 she4 = overseas Chinese community
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 15 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 僑
Unicode code for this character: U+50d1 (off-site link)

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