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overseas Chinese

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

Noun

overseas Chinese (countable and uncountable, plural overseas Chinese)

  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
    • President Chiang Ching-kuo sent a message urging overseas Chinese to help reunify China under the Three Principles of the People. Overseas Chinese should join with compatriots and the military of the Taiwan area and the people on the Chinese mainland to support the anti-Communist cause and create a...1981 October 25, “Overseas Chinese cited for ROC-building role”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, page 1
    • It was not until 1974 that the first Taiwanese businessman settled there, and thereupon began a gradual increase in the Overseas Chinese (OC) population.2008 July 30, James To Jiann Hua, “The Overseas Chinese in Tonga”, in The Tokyo Foundation, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2014
    Synonyms:
    Huaqiao

overseas Chinese meaning in Indonesian and Vietnamese

overseas Chinese in Indonesian

overseas Chinese
Tionghoa perantauan, hoakiau

overseas Chinese in Vietnamese

overseas Chinese
hoa kiều

Synonyms of overseas Chinese

Forms of overseas Chinese

pluraloverseas Chinese

Questions about overseas Chinese

What does overseas Chinese mean?
Overseas Chinese means a person or people of Chinese ethnicity, living in a non-Chinese country; a member of the ethnic Chinese expatriate or immigrant community; Huaqiao.
What is overseas Chinese in Indonesian?
Overseas Chinese in Indonesian is Tionghoa perantauan, hoakiau. See Overseas Chinese meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is overseas Chinese?
Overseas Chinese is a noun.
What is the plural of overseas Chinese?
The plural of overseas Chinese is overseas Chinese.

Words near overseas Chinese in the dictionary

  1. oversearches
  2. oversearching
  3. overseas
  4. overseas cap
  5. overseas caps
  6. overseas Chinese
  7. overseas territories
  8. overseas territory
  9. overseason
  10. overseasoned
  11. overseasoning

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