qiáo jū

Traditional: 僑居

侨居 (qiáo jū) is a Chinese word meaning “to live far away from one's native place; to reside in a foreign country”.

Meanings

  1. 1to live far away from one's native place
  2. 2to reside in a foreign country

Characters in 侨居

侨qiáo · emigrant居jī · (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

Related words

居然unexpectedly邻居neighbor居民resident; inhabitant居住to reside居(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居to reside居surname Ju同居to live together分居to separate (married couple)起居室living room定居to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence穴居to live in a cave

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