The main meaning of the word bridge is: bridge. A building erected on a waterway or in the air to facilitate traffic.
Qiao [Qiao] is a pictophonetic character. The original meaning of "Qiao" is "an object that is tall and has a rounded upper end", which is translated as the abstract "Hongqiao": (but this meaning is not commonly used anymore) Qiao, Gao also. ——Xu Shen's "Shuowen" of the Eastern Han Dynasty Another example: Overseas Chinese (people on stilts)
A bridge is better