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侨 qiáo

emigrant; to sojourn

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
亻
Traditional
僑
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 亻乔 ⿰亻乔

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  1. 他是一位在海外生活多年的华侨。
    Tā shì yí wèi zài hǎiwài shēnghuó duō nián de huáqiáo.
    He is an overseas Chinese who has lived abroad for many years.
    he is one (measure) at overseas live many year (particle) overseas-Chinese
  2. 你认识的华侨多吗？
    Nǐ rènshi de huáqiáo duō ma?
    Do you know many overseas Chinese?
    you know (particle) overseas-Chinese many (question)
  3. 我们应该欢迎华侨回国投资。
    Wǒmen yīnggāi huānyíng huáqiáo huíguó tóuzī.
    We should welcome overseas Chinese to return and invest in the country.
    we should welcome overseas-Chinese return-country invest
  4. 他不是华侨，是土生土长的本地人。
    Tā bú shì huáqiáo, shì tǔshēngtǔzhǎng de běndìrén.
    He's not an overseas Chinese, he's a local born and raised here.
    he not-is overseas-Chinese, is born-and-raised (particle) local-person
  5. 春节期间，很多华侨都会回国探亲。
    Chūnjié qījiān, hěn duō huáqiáo dōu huì huíguó tànqīn.
    During Spring Festival, many overseas Chinese return home to visit relatives.
    Spring-Festival during, very many overseas-Chinese all will return-country visit-relatives

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