华侨
Huá qiáo
Pinyin

Definition

华侨
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Huá qiáo
  1. overseas Chinese
  2. (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality
  3. CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng huá
  1. 1 China (alternate formal name)
shēng huá
  1. 1 to sublimate
  2. 2 sublimation (physics)
  3. 3 to raise to a higher level
  4. 4 to refine
  5. 5 promotion
shē huá
  1. 1 luxurious
  2. 2 sumptuous
  3. 3 lavish
nián huá
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
  3. 3 age
Ài dé huá
  1. 1 Edward
  2. 2 Édouard (name)
cái huá
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn]
Xīn huá
  1. 1 Xinhua (the official Chinese news agency)
Xīn huá Wǎng
  1. 1 Xinhua News Network
Qīng huá
  1. 1 abbr. for 清華大學|清华大学[Qīng huá Dà xué]
jīng huá
  1. 1 best feature
  2. 2 most important part of an object
  3. 3 quintessence
  4. 4 essence
  5. 5 soul
fán huá
  1. 1 flourishing
  2. 2 bustling
Huá
  1. 1 abbr. for China
Huá rén
  1. 1 ethnic Chinese person or people
Huá wéi
  1. 1 Huawei (brand)
Huá ěr Jiē
  1. 1 Wall Street, New York
  2. 2 by extension, American big business
Huá yǔ
  1. 1 Chinese language
huá lì
  1. 1 gorgeous
háo huá
  1. 1 luxurious
Jiǔ huá shān
  1. 1 Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
qiáo
  1. 1 emigrant
  2. 2 to reside abroad

Idioms (11)

似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
含英咀华
hán yīng jǔ huá
  1. 1 to savor fine writing (idiom)
容华绝代
róng huá jué dài
  1. 1 to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
才华出众
cái huá chū zhòng
  1. 1 outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
才华盖世
cái huá gài shì
  1. 1 peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
荣华富贵
róng huá fù guì
  1. 1 glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
华屋丘墟
huá wū qiū xū
  1. 1 magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
华而不实
huá ér bù shí
  1. 1 flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside
  2. 2 flashy
豆寇年华
dòu kòu nián huá
  1. 1 used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
  2. 2 a budding beauty
豆蔻年华
dòu kòu nián huá
  1. 1 a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
  2. 2 a budding beauty
风华绝代
fēng huá jué dài
  1. 1 magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent

Sample Sentences

华侨,即生活在海外但具有中国国籍的人。
Huáqiáo ,jí shēnghuó zài hǎiwài dàn jùyǒu Zhōngguó guójí de rén 。
Overseas Chinese refers to people who live overseas but have Chinese nationalities.
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上海开埠以后,各路外国人、华侨,还有全国各地的移民都涌进来找机会,怪不得说上海是冒险家的乐园。
Shànghǎi kāibù yǐhòu ,gèlù wàiguórén 、huáqiáo ,háiyǒu quánguógèdì de yímín dōu yǒng jìnlái zhǎo jīhuì ,guàibude shuō Shànghǎi shì màoxiǎnjiā de lèyuán 。
After the foundation of Shanghai, there were foreigners and overseas Chinese everywhere. Lots of Chinese immigrants also rushed into Shanghai looking for opportunities. No wonder everyone said that Shanghai was a ''Paradise for Adventurers."
你听说过福建有个“偷渡村”吗?那里有很悠久的移民史,从60年代以后,那里有很多人纷纷偷渡去美国打工,所以那个地区的华侨数量多得惊人。
nǐ tīngshuō guò fújiàn yǒu gè “tōudù cūn ”ma ?nàlǐ yǒu hěn yōujiǔ de yímínshǐ ,cóng liùshí niándài yǐhòu ,nàlǐ yǒu hěnduō rén fēnfēn tōudù qù měiguó dǎgōng ,suǒyǐ nàge dìqū de huáqiáo shùliàng duō de jīngrén 。
Do you know that Fujian has a whole village dedicated to people smuggling? There is a long history of emigration from the village, as from the 1960s onwards, batch after batch of people have been smuggled to America to work, resulting in a shocking number of people there who hold American passports.
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对,爷爷那辈就去了,是老华侨。我记得刚改革开放,他就写信给我们,我们都吓了一跳。
duì ,yéye nà bèi jiù qù le ,shì lǎo huáqiáo 。wǒ jìde gāng gǎigé kāifàng ,tā jiù xiěxìn gěi wǒmen ,wǒmen dōu xià le yī tiào 。
Yes. It was in his Grandfather's generation that they left and became overseas Chinese. I recall that just after China opened up to the outside world, he wrote us all a letter. We were all so surprised.
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