Chinese Vocabulary
侨批
remittance-letter from overseas Chinese
qiáopī
Usage
A 'remittance-letter' — a single mailing that combines a family letter with a money transfer. Unique to the Teochew/southern Chinese diaspora. 侨 = overseas Chinese; 批 (in Teochew) = letter. UNESCO Memory of the World since 2013.
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侨批 appears in 1 podcast episode at natural native speed, with full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.