僑客

Chinese

		emigrant; reside abroad	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (僑客)		僑	客
simp. (侨客)		侨	客

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiáokè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gieo² ke³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiáokè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáokè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: chyáu-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyaukeh
  - Palladius: цяокэ (cjaokɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gieo² ke³ [Phonetic: gieo⁵ ke³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gá̤u-kâ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieu¹³⁻¹¹ kʰe⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gieo² ke³ [Phonetic: gieo⁵ ke³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieu²⁴⁻²¹ kʰe³³²/

Noun

僑客

(literary) person who lives in a foreign country
(Puxian Min) overseas Chinese returning from Southeast Asia

Synonyms

(overseas Chinese): 華僑／华侨 (huáqiáo), (Beijing) 僑巴兒／侨巴儿 (qiáobār), (Puxian Min) 番客 (fānkè), 番平客

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “侨客”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 215.