Hoa kiều
Pronunciation
Northern
/hwaː˧˧ kiə̤w˨˩/
Central
/hwaː˧˥ kiəw˧˧/
Southern
/hwaː˧˧ kiəw˨˩/
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overseas Chinese
Noun
overseas Chinese
2 senses
2 Components
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
overseas Chinese
Culture & Proper Nouns
People of Chinese descent who are currently living and working in various countries located outside of China.
vi Khu phố này có nhiều người Hoa kiều sinh sống.
en This neighborhood has many overseas Chinese living there.
Proper noun
Sense 2
Proper noun
proper name
A proper name.
vi Hoa kiều là một tên riêng.
en Hoa kiều is a proper name.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
華僑
Candidates by syllable
hoa
花
kiều
橋（嬌 / 蕎）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.