HSK 5 · Society

华裔 Huáyì “ethnic Chinese” in Chinese

Traditional 華裔

What 华裔 means

  1. ethnic Chinese
  2. non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry

How to say 华裔

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale华Huá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale裔yì4th tone, falling

华裔 in a sentence

  1. 她是在澳大利亚长大的华裔。

    Tā shì zài Àodàlìyà zhǎngdà de Huáyì.

    She is of Chinese descent and grew up in Australia.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个班有很多华裔学生。

    Zhè ge bān yǒu hěn duō Huáyì xuésheng.

    There are many students of Chinese descent in this class.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 华裔 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 华 (huá) with each of its parts in a different colour
华huámagnificentHuá in 华裔
  • 化to change · huàSound part
  • 十ten · shíMeaning part

十 hints at the meaning (ten); 化 (huà) hints at the sound. Compare it with Huá.

The character 裔 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
裔yìdescendants
  • 衣clothes · yīSound part
  • 冏bright · jiǒngMeaning part

冏 hints at the meaning (bright); 衣 (yī) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

How to write 华裔

华 6 strokes · 裔 13 strokes

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华裔 (Huáyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 华裔 (Huáyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 华裔

Words with 华

豪华háohuá · luxurious繁华fánhuá · bustling华丽huálì · magnificent华侨huáqiáo · overseas Chinese精华jīnghuá · essence

More words: Society & Law

官guān · government official规则guīzé · rule国王guówáng · king和平hépíng · peace婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony婚姻hūnyīn · marriage集体jítǐ · collective (decision)纪律jìlǜ · discipline

FAQs

华裔 (Huáyì) means “ethnic Chinese” or “non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it Huáyì: Huá with a 2nd tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 华裔 is written 華裔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huayi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 华裔 from the suggestions. Typing huayi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
华裔 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.