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
迁徙
qiānxǐ
to migrate; migration
Characters in this word
徙 xǐ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 歨 Old variant of 步
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 候鸟每年沿固定路线迁徙，气候异常会打乱它们的节奏。 Hòuniǎo měi nián yán gùdìng lùxiàn qiānxǐ, qìhòu yìcháng huì dǎluàn tāmen de jiézòu. Migratory birds follow fixed routes each year, and abnormal climate conditions can disrupt their rhythm.
- 每到秋天，天鹅就从北方迁徙到温暖的湖边过冬。 Měi dào qiūtiān, tiān'é jiù cóng běifāng qiānxǐ dào wēnnuǎn de hú biān guòdōng. Every autumn, swans migrate from the north to warm lakesides to spend the winter.
- 历史上这个游牧民族曾多次迁徙，寻找新的草原。 Lìshǐ shàng zhège yóumù mínzú céng duō cì qiānxǐ, xúnzhǎo xīn de cǎoyuán. Historically, this nomadic people migrated many times in search of new grasslands.
Related words
- 搬迁 bānqiān to relocate; to move
- 变迁 biànqiān change; transition; historical evolution
- 拆迁 chāiqiān to demolish and relocate
- 迁 qiān to move; to relocate; to migrate
- 迁就 qiānjiù to accommodate; to yield to
- 迁移 qiānyí to move; to migrate; to transfer
- 驱逐 qūzhú to expel; to drive out; to deport
- 境遇 jìngyù circumstances; situation; plight
- 闹事 nàoshì to make trouble; to cause a disturbance
- 盛行 shèngxíng to be in vogue; to prevail
- 示威 shìwēi to demonstrate; demonstration
- 热潮 rècháo upsurge; craze; wave of enthusiasm