Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qiáo
English
- sojourn, lodge
- emigrant
- to reside abroad
- person living abroad
粵語
- 一啲離開咗自己出生嘅國家，暫時住喺另一個國家嘅人，佢哋仍然有自己所屬國家嘅國籍
Variants
Words containing 僑
- 華僑waa4 kiu4
overseas Chinese
- 僑民kiu4 man4
expatriates
- 僑胞kiu4 baau1
countryman living abroad
- 僑居kiu4 geoi1
to live far away from one's native place
- 僑鄉kiu4 hoeng1
hometown of overseas Chinese
- 撤僑cit3 kiu4
to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)
- 僑眷kiu4 gyun3
family members of nationals residing abroad
- 僑領kiu4 ling5
Leader of overseas Chinese
- 越僑jyut6 kiu4
Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China)
- 華僑報waa4 kiu4 bou3
Va Kio Daily
- 僑務kiu4 mou6
matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)
- 歸僑gwai1 kiu4
Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate
- 外僑ngoi6 kiu4
foreigner
- 僑生kiu4 sang1
student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 華僑學生|华侨学生[Hua2 qiao2 xue2 sheng5])
- 僑匯kiu4 wui6
Overseas Remittance
- 刁僑扭擰diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6
describes the behavior of a spoilt person (normally a young kid or a young person) which is unbearably demanding and unreasonable
- 華僑大學waa4 kiu4 daai6 hok6
Huaqiao University
- 東部華僑dung1 bou6 waa4 kiu4
- 僑務委員會kiu4 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui2
Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan
- 海外僑胞hoi2 ngoi6 kiu4 baau1
Overseas Chinese