| 僑 | [  ]    emigrant, to reside abroad | 
| 僑務 | [ wù  ]    matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government) | 
| 僑務委員會 | [ wù weǐ yuán huì  ]    Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan | 
| 僑居 | [ jū  ]    to live far away from one's native place, to reside in a foreign country | 
| 僑民 | [ mín  ]    expatriates | 
| 僑眷 | [ juàn  ]    family members of nationals residing abroad | 
| 僑胞 | [ baō  ]    countryman living abroad | 
| 僑鄉 | [ xiāng  ]    hometown of overseas Chinese | 
| ⇒ 外僑 | [ waì  ]    foreigner | 
| ⇒ 撤僑 | [ chè  ]    to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone) | 
| ⇒ 歸僑 | [ guī  ]    Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate | 
| ⇒ 華僑 | [ huá  ]    overseas Chinese, (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] | 
| ⇒ 華僑報 | [ huá baò  ]    Va Kio Daily | 
| ⇒ 華僑大學 | [ huá dà xué  ]    Huaqiao University | 
| ⇒ 越僑 | [ yuè  ]    Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China) |