English Explanatory Dictionary

new immigrant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person that immigrated to Taiwan after 1987, during and after the end of the martial law era; mainly used for Mainland Chinese and Southeast Asian women who migrate to Taiwan for marriage.

Word forms

new immigrant new immigrants

Etymology

Calque of Mandarin 新住民 (xīnzhùmín).

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