粵

華waa4僑kiu4

simp华侨
waa4 kiu4Huá qiáo

English

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

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 住喺中國以外地方嘅華人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 美國三藩市住咗好多華僑。

    San Francisco has a large ethnic Chinese population.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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