The ways of life of overseas Chinese are not completely the same as those of Chinese back home or as those of the people where they live. They make up a community with special characteristics of its own, the overseas Chinese community as it is generally called.
華僑的生活型態可說與國內，及僑居當地人民的生活都不完全一樣，因而形成了一個帶有特色的華僑社會，亦就是一般所說的「僑社」。