Chinese symbol for “expatriates”
侨民
qiáo mín
Traditional: 僑民
expatriates
The closest CC-CEDICT match for expatriates is 侨民 (qiáo mín), defined as: expatriates.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 侨民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.