侨 qiáo emigrant
怎么记住“侨”: 亻 person + 乔 tall = emigrant. At the airport a person waves goodbye, a tall young nurse leaving for Canada as the family's first emigrant.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
侨 = 亻 person + 乔 tall
- 亻 person meaning
- 乔 tall sound
At the airport a person waves goodbye, a tall young nurse leaving for Canada as the family's first emigrant.
How it came to be
The person gives the meaning and the sign for tall gives the sound.
用法
- An overseas national, someone living abroad while keeping ties home: 华侨 (huáqiáo) overseas Chinese, 侨民 (qiáomín) expatriate nationals, 侨胞 (qiáobāo) compatriots abroad.
- Specifically implies a national residing abroad, not an immigrant who has assimilated; a loaded term in diaspora/policy contexts.