new immigrant
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "Personally, I prefer to call myself a “new immigrant” in Mandarin (新住民), but it is a bit strange for Taiwanese when I call myself that because the term is mostly associated with foreign brides from Southeast Asia. […] I love my adopted home and am proud of counting myself among its new immigrant population."
- "Many new immigrants that have come to take up a new life in Taiwan have not been able to return home for the past two years because of the pandemic."
- "Candidates like Ms Lu – who is standing for re-election as the head of Pingtung county’s Yanpu rural township – are trying to court new immigrants. Often referred to locally as “new residents”, they became Taiwanese typically through marriage. This means that they are eligible to vote."