華か僑きょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to Chinese people residing outside China, often with a focus on ethnic Chinese communities abroad. Common in news and socio-economic contexts.

東とう南なんアジアには多おおくの華か僑きょうが住すんでいる。
Many overseas Chinese live in Southeast Asia.
華か僑きょうの経けい済ざい的てきな影えい響きょう力りょくは大おおきい。
The economic influence of overseas Chinese is significant.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の華か僑きょう社しゃ会かいthe overseas Chinese community in 〈場所〉
横よこ浜はまには大おおきな華か僑きょう社しゃ会かいがある。
There is a large overseas Chinese community in Yokohama.
華か僑きょうが〈事こと〉を経けい営えいするoverseas Chinese run/operate (a business, etc.)
この店みせは華か僑きょうが経けい営えいしているそうだ。
I heard this shop is run by overseas Chinese.

Kanji

華splendor, flower, petal
僑expatriate, person living abroad, temporary home

Related words

華か人じん
華僑 refers to Chinese nationals living abroad, while 華人 is the broader term that also covers people of Chinese descent who have taken foreign citizenship.
中ちゅう国ごく人じん
中国人 simply means a Chinese national or person of Chinese nationality anywhere, whereas 華僑 specifically denotes Chinese people who have settled and are living outside of China.

Word family

新しん華か僑きょう
new overseas Chinese; post-1978 Chinese emigrants
老ろう華か僑きょう
old overseas Chinese; long-established Chinese immigrant

Etymology

Compound of 華 (China) and 僑 (sojourn, reside temporarily abroad). The term emerged in the late 19th to early 20th century to describe Chinese emigrants.