Meaning

1 senses
  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.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. These new immigrants had no skills.

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Origin

Calque of Mandarin 新住民 (xīnzhùmín).

Calque of Mandarin 新住民 (xīnzhùmín).

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Forms

plural: new immigrants
Singularnew immigrant
Pluralnew immigrants

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
new immigrant — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto