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
迁
qiān
to move; to relocate; to migrate
Character
Example phrases
- 城市更新不能只把居民迁到郊区，还要保留他们原有的社区联系。 Chéngshì gēngxīn bù néng zhǐ bǎ jūmín qiān dào jiāoqū, hái yào bǎoliú tāmen yuányǒu de shèqū liánxì. Urban renewal must not merely relocate residents to the suburbs; it must also preserve their existing community ties.
- 为了修建水库，村里的人迁到了山外。 Wèile xiūjiàn shuǐkù, cūn lǐ de rén qiān dào le shān wài. To build a reservoir, the villagers relocated beyond the mountains.
- 燕子秋天迁往南方，春天飞回来。 Yànzi qiūtiān qiān wǎng nánfāng, chūntiān fēi huílái. Swallows migrate south in autumn and fly back in spring.
Related words
- 搬迁 bānqiān to relocate; to move
- 变迁 biànqiān change; transition; historical evolution
- 拆迁 chāiqiān to demolish and relocate
- 迁就 qiānjiù to accommodate; to yield to
- 迁徙 qiānxǐ to migrate; migration
- 迁移 qiānyí to move; to migrate; to transfer
- 铺路 pūlù to pave the way; to build a road
- 徘徊 páihuái to linger; to pace back and forth; to hesitate
- 漂流 piāoliú to drift; to raft; driftage
- 漂泊 piāobó to drift; to wander from place to place
- 流浪 liúlàng to wander; to roam; to be homeless
- 漫游 mànyóu to roam; to wander; roaming