拆 chāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 斥 to scold, to upbraid
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拆迁
chāiqiān
to demolish and relocate
Characters in this word
迁 qiān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 千 thousand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 老街拆迁前，政府承诺为居民提供过渡住房。 Lǎojiē chāiqiān qián, zhèngfǔ chéngnuò wèi jūmín tígōng guòdù zhùfáng. Before the old street was demolished and relocated, the government promised to provide transitional housing for residents.
- 这片老房子明年要拆迁，邻居们都开始找新住处。 Zhè piàn lǎo fángzi míngnián yào chāiqiān, línjūmen dōu kāishǐ zhǎo xīn zhùchù. These old houses will be demolished next year, and the neighbours have all started looking for new homes.
- 因为拆迁，奶奶住了四十年的小院再也回不去了。 Yīnwèi chāiqiān, nǎinai zhù le sìshí nián de xiǎoyuàn zài yě huí bu qù le. Because of the demolition, grandma can never go back to the little courtyard where she lived for forty years.
Related words
- 拆 chāi to take apart; to open
- 拆除 chāichú to demolish; to remove
- 搬迁 bānqiān to relocate; to move
- 变迁 biànqiān change; transition; historical evolution
- 迁 qiān to move; to relocate; to migrate
- 迁就 qiānjiù to accommodate; to yield to
- 迁徙 qiānxǐ to migrate; migration
- 迁移 qiānyí to move; to migrate; to transfer
- 挨家挨户 āijiā'āihù house to house; door to door
- 大街小巷 dàjiēxiǎoxiàng main streets and small alleys; everywhere in town
- 定居 dìngjū to settle down; to take up residence
- 都会 dūhuì metropolis; large city