Phrase guide

overseas Chinese

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person or people of Chinese ethnicity, living in a non-Chinese country; a member of the ethnic Chinese expatriate or immigrant community; Huaqiao

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 華僑 /华侨 (Huáqiáo) — overseas Chinese
  • Chinese Mandarin: 僑胞 /侨胞 (Qiáobāo) — overseas Chinese
  • Finnish: ulkokiinalainen — overseas Chinese
  • French: chinois d'outre-mer — overseas Chinese
  • French: huaqiao — overseas Chinese
  • German: Auslandschinese — overseas Chinese
  • German: Huaqiao — overseas Chinese
  • Hungarian: tengerentúli kínai — overseas Chinese
  • Hungarian: külföldön élő kínai — overseas Chinese
  • Hungarian: külföldre vándorolt/települt kínai — overseas Chinese
  • Indonesian: Tionghoa perantauan — overseas Chinese
  • Indonesian: hoakiau — overseas Chinese
  • Japanese: 華僑 (Kakyō) — overseas Chinese
  • Korean: 화교 (Hwagyo) — overseas Chinese
  • Manchu: ᡨᡠᠯᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡩᡝ ᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (tulergi gurun de tehe dulimbai gurun-i niyalma) — overseas Chinese
  • Russian: хуаця́о (xuacjáo) — overseas Chinese
  • Spanish: tusán — overseas Chinese
  • Uyghur: چەتئەلدىكى جۇڭگولۇقلار (chet'eldiki junggoluqlar) — overseas Chinese
  • Vietnamese: hoa kiều — overseas Chinese