侨 — Chinese character
侨
qiáo
emigrant; to sojourn
- Pinyin
- qiáo
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亻 乔
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 乔
- Traditional
- 僑
Common words with 侨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侨民 (僑民) | qiáo mín | expatriates |
| 侨胞 (僑胞) | qiáo bāo | countryman living abroad |
| 侨务 (僑務) | qiáo wù | matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government) |
| 侨居 (僑居) | qiáo jū | to live far away from one's native place; to reside in a foreign country |
| 归侨 (歸僑) | guī qiáo | Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate |
| 侨眷 (僑眷) | qiáo juàn | family members of nationals residing abroad |
| 撤侨 (撤僑) | chè qiáo | to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone) |
| 外侨 (外僑) | wài qiáo | foreigner |
| 侨乡 (僑鄉) | qiáo xiāng | hometown of overseas Chinese |
| 侨生 (僑生) | qiáo shēng | student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 华侨学生 (Huá qiáo xué sheng)) |
English words written with 侨
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.