HSK 6 · Society

华侨 huáqiáo “overseas Chinese” in Chinese

Traditional 華僑

What 华侨 means

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

Measure word 个 gè or 位 wèi · 一个华侨 yí ge huáqiáo

How to say 华侨

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale侨qiáo2nd tone, rising

华侨 in a sentence

  1. 他的爷爷是一位老华侨。

    Tā de yéye shì yí wèi lǎo huáqiáo.

    His grandfather is an overseas Chinese who has lived abroad for many years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 很多华侨春节的时候回国探亲。

    Hěn duō huáqiáo Chūnjié de shíhou huíguó tànqīn.

    Many overseas Chinese come home to visit family at Spring Festival.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 华侨 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huámagnificent
  • 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 侨 (qiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
侨qiáoemigrant
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 乔tall · qiáoSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 乔 (qiáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiáo.

How to write 华侨

华 6 strokes · 侨 8 strokes

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

Words related to 华侨

Words with 华

豪华háohuá · luxurious华裔Huáyì · ethnic Chinese繁华fánhuá · bustling华丽huálì · magnificent精华jīnghuá · essence

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和解héjiě · to reconcile候选hòuxuǎn · candidate皇帝huángdì · emperor皇后huánghòu · empress贿赂huìlù · to bribe会晤huìwù · to meet剪彩jiǎncǎi · to cut the ribbon (at an opening ceremony)间谍jiàndié · spy

FAQs

华侨 (huáqiáo) means “overseas Chinese” or “(in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huáqiáo: huá with a 2nd tone, then qiáo with a 2nd 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, 华侨 is written 華僑. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 位 (wèi). For example, one overseas Chinese is 一个华侨 (yí ge huáqiáo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huaqiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 华侨 from the suggestions. Typing huaqiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
华侨 is an HSK 6 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.