qiáo
noun #48,161

Meanings

  1. 1 a person living abroad; emigrant
  2. 2 to reside abroad

Examples

Hěnduō huáqiáo zài Chūnjié huíguó tànqīn.
Many overseas Chinese return home to visit relatives during Spring Festival.
Zhèngfǔ hěn guānxīn qiáobāo de shēnghuó.
The government cares deeply about the lives of overseas compatriots.

Tips

usage
Refers to a national living abroad. Key compounds: 华侨 (overseas Chinese), 侨胞 (compatriots living abroad), 侨民 (expatriate residents).

Components

radical
rén
person (radical form)
Left person radical, the side-form of . It marks as a word about people, specifically a person dwelling away from home. Same person family as and .
phonetic
qiáo
tall; (surname)
Right supplies the sound — qiáo with no tone shift. It contributes no meaning here and is a simplified contraction of the fuller phonetic in traditional . The same phonetic appears in .

Stroke Order

qiáo