侨 (僑) qiáo

1. qiáo noun a lodge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '僑', p. 101; Unihan '僑')
2. qiáo adjective tall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 喬 (Kroll 2015 '僑' 1, p. 365; Mathews 1931 '僑', p. 101)
3. qiáo noun an emigrant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 华侨 overseas Chinese (CC-CEDICT '僑'; Guoyu '僑' n 1; Kroll 2015 '僑' 2a, p. 365)
4. qiáo verb to sojourn; to live abroad
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 旅居 (CC-CEDICT '僑'; Guoyu '僑' v 1; Kroll 2015 '僑' 2, p. 365; Unihan '僑')
5. qiáo adverb temporarily
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '僑' adv)

Contained in

• 侨务(僑務) matters relating to the Chinese diaspora
• 侨胞(僑胞) overseas compatriots
• 侨乡(僑鄉) hometown of overseas Chinese
• 侨商(僑商) travelling merchant
• 侨人(僑人) emigrant
• 侨务委员会(僑務委員會) Overseas Chinese Affairs Council
• 归侨(歸僑) Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate
• 侨眷(僑眷) family members of nationals residing abroad
• 侨居(僑居) to live far away from one's native place; to reside in a foreign country
• 华侨中学(華僑中學) Chinese High School
• 撤侨(撤僑) to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)
• 侨民(僑民) an emigrant; an expatriate
• 侨汇(僑匯) for an overseas Chinese to transfer money back to China
• 外侨(外僑) foreigner
• 越侨(越僑) Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China)
• 华侨(華僑) overseas Chinese

Also contained in

华侨报 、 华侨大学

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷四十三下　　　志第三十三下　地理七下 Volume 43b Treatises 38: Gepgraphy 7b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 38
• 卷三十五 志第二十五 州郡一 Volume 35 Treatises 25: Administrative Districts 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 32
• 卷三十七 志第二十七 州郡三 Volume 37 Treatises 27: Administrative Districts 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 29
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 17
• 卷三十六 志第二十六 州郡二 Volume 36 Treatises 26: Administrative Districts 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 16
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 14
• 卷一百八十九 列傳第七十七 李文祥 孫磐 胡爟 羅僑 葉釗 戴冠 黃鞏 陸震 夏良勝 何遵 Volume 189 Biographies 77: Li Wenxiang, Sun Pan, Hu Guan, Luo Qiao, Ye Zhao, Dai Guan, Huang Gong, Lu Zhen, Xia Liangsheng, He Zun History of Ming 明史 — count: 12
• 卷十五 志第五 地理下 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Geography Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 12
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 12
• 卷十四 志第四 地理上 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Geography Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 11

Collocations

• 侨立 (僑立) 後以弘農人流寓尋陽者僑立爲弘農郡 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十四 志第四 地理上 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Geography Part One — count: 77
• 叔孙侨 (叔孫僑) 叔孫僑如 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 32
• 袁侨 (袁僑) 陳侯使袁僑如會 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 侨置 (僑置) 亦僑置司州於徐 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十四 志第四 地理上 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Geography Part One — count: 11
• 侨闻 (僑聞) 僑聞君子長國家者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 侨郡县 (僑郡縣) 土斷雍州諸僑郡縣 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六 本紀第六 孝武帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiao Wu — count: 8
• 侨旧 (僑舊) 彼土僑舊 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十七 列傳第七 宗室 Volume 37 Biographies 7: Imperial Clan — count: 7
• 伯侨 (伯僑) 正伯僑 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies — count: 7
• 子侨 (子僑) 光祿大夫張子僑賦三篇 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十 兿文志 Volume 30: Treatise on Literature — count: 7
• 江左侨 (江左僑) 江左僑立 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三十五 志第二十五 州郡一 Volume 35 Treatises 25: Administrative Districts 1 — count: 7