Chinese word dictionary

迁移

qiānyí · to migrate; to move

Practice word

Word information

Simplified迁移

Traditional遷移

Pinyinqiānyí

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

迁qiān

to shift, to move; to transfer, to change

移yí

to shift, to move about, to drift

How to learn 迁移

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

移yí

to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove

移动yídòng

to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable

移民yímín

to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant

转移zhuǎnyí

to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize

搬迁bānqiān

to move; to relocate; removal

变迁biànqiān

changes; vicissitudes