Meanings
- countableuncountableA person or people of Chinese ethnicity, living in a non-Chinese country; a member of the ethnic Chinese expatriate or immigrant community; Huaqiao
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 20143 more examples
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 bright future for the Chinese people.
1981 October 25, “Overseas Chinese cited for ROC-building role”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, page 1OCPA stands for Overseas Chinese Physics Association. [...] The chartered goals of the organization are to promote physics research in general and to promote recognition of achievements by ethnic Chinese physicists in particular
2007, “About OCPA”, in Overseas Chinese Physics Association, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2010With China’s rising wealth being chronicled on a near-daily basis by the media, overseas Chinese can probably expected to be targeted more regularly, either by opportunist criminals abroad or by envious people on the mainland.
2009 August 7, Malcolm Moore, “Overseas Chinese become targets.”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2009Synonyms: Huaqiao
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person or people of Chinese ethnicity, living in a non-Chinese country; a member of the ethnic Chinese expatriate or immigrant community; Huaqiao
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 華僑 /华侨, 僑胞 /侨胞
- 華僑 /华侨 (Huáqiáo)overseas Chinese
- 僑胞 /侨胞 (Qiáobāo)overseas Chinese
Finnish ulkokiinalainen
- ulkokiinalainenoverseas Chinese
French chinois d'outre-mer, huaqiao
- chinois d'outre-meroverseas Chinese
- huaqiaooverseas Chinese
German Auslandschinese, Huaqiao
- Auslandschineseoverseas Chinese
- Huaqiaooverseas Chinese
Hungarian tengerentúli kínai, külföldön élő kínai
- tengerentúli kínaioverseas Chinese
- külföldön élő kínaioverseas Chinese
- külföldre vándorolt/települt kínaioverseas Chinese
Indonesian Tionghoa perantauan, hoakiau
- Tionghoa perantauanoverseas Chinese
- hoakiauoverseas Chinese
Japanese 華僑
- 華僑 (Kakyō)overseas Chinese
Korean 화교
- 화교 (Hwagyo)overseas Chinese
Russian хуаця́о
- хуаця́о (xuacjáo)overseas Chinese
Spanish tusán
- tusánoverseas Chinese
Vietnamese hoa kiều
- hoa kiềuoverseas Chinese
Cite this entry
overseas Chinese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overseas%20Chinese
“overseas Chinese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overseas%20Chinese. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overseas Chinese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overseas%20Chinese.
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