侨
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emigrant; to reside abroad
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How 侨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 乔 (phonetic, qiáo)
How to remember it
live abroad · Heisig RSH #2081
人 person + angel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乔
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乔 (qiáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乔 sound component | qiáo | tall, lofty; proud, stately |
| 桥 | qiáo | bridge; beam, crosspiece |
| 娇 | jiāo | seductive, lovable, tender; pampered; frail |
| 矫 | jiǎo | to correct, to rectify, to straighten out |
| 挢 | jiǎo | to correct |
| 鞒 | qiáo | boot, mud shoe, snowshoe |
Words containing 侨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 华侨大学 | Huá qiáo Dà xué | Huaqiao University |
| 侨务委员会 | Qiáo wù Wěi yuán huì | Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan |
| 华侨报 | Huá qiáo Bào | Va Kio Daily |
| 侨生 | qiáo shēng | student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue thei… |
| 外侨 | wài qiáo | foreigner |
| 侨民 | qiáo mín | expatriates |
| 华侨 | Huá qiáo | overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese natio… |
| 侨务 | qiáo wù | matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government) |
| 侨居 | qiáo jū | to live far away from one's native place; to reside in a foreign country |
| 归侨 | guī qiáo | Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate |
| 侨乡 | qiáo xiāng | hometown of overseas Chinese |
| 侨胞 | qiáo bāo | countryman living abroad |
| 越侨 | Yuè qiáo | Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China) |
| 撤侨 | chè qiáo | to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone) |
| 侨眷 | qiáo juàn | family members of nationals residing abroad |