Definitions
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- noun A person or people of
Chinese ethnicity , living in a non-Chinese country.
Etymologies
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From Chinese Mandarin trad. 華僑, simpl. 华侨 (pinyin: Huáqiáo)
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Examples
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Zhongyin Wenhua Jiaoliu yu Bijiao (Communications and comparisons of the Indian and Chinese civilizations) (Beijing: Huaqiao Chubanshe, 1994), 114-120. back
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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1 The “Huaqiao” groups around the world are the result of the Chinese nationalist movement.
Hartzell and Lin lose on appeal Michael Turton 2009
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