拆迁 meaning in English
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
Meaning of 拆迁
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- to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
How to use 拆迁
拆迁 is common in news and everyday talk about urban redevelopment, often in phrases like 拆迁户 (chāiqiān hù, households facing demolition) and 拆迁补偿 (chāiqiān bǔcháng, relocation compensation). Example: 这片老房子明年要拆迁。(Zhè piàn lǎo fángzi míngnián yào chāiqiān.) These old houses will be demolished next year and the residents relocated.
拆 (chāi) means to take apart, and 迁 (qiān) means to move away. Put them together: the building is taken apart, so the people living there have to move.
Common mistake: Learners often use 拆迁 when they just mean tearing something down. For that, use 拆除 (chāichú), because 拆迁 always involves people being relocated. Also be careful not to confuse 迁 (qiān) with 千 (qiān, thousand). 迁 has the walking radical 辶.
Stroke order for each character
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拆 chāi · to tear open · 8 strokes
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迁 qiān · to move · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 拆迁.
| 拆除 | chāichú | to tear down; to demolish |
| 迁移 | qiānyí | to migrate; to move |
| 迁就 | qiānjiù | to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth) |
| 搬迁 | bānqiān | to move; to relocate |
| 变迁 | biànqiān | changes; vicissitudes |
| 迁徙 | qiānxǐ | to migrate; to move |
| 拆散 | chāisàn | to break up (a marriage, family etc) |
| 拆开 | chāikāi | to dismantle; to disassemble |
| 拆穿 | chāichuān | to expose; to unmask |
| 升迁 | shēngqiān | to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new depart |
| 拆毁 | chāihuǐ | to demolish; to tear down |
Questions about 拆迁
What does 拆迁 mean?
拆迁 (chāiqiān) means "to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 拆迁?
拆迁 is made of 2 characters: 拆 (8 strokes), 迁 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 拆迁 an HSK word?
Yes. 拆迁 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 拆迁 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 拆迁 is written 拆遷.
What is the difference between 拆迁 and 搬迁?
搬迁 (bānqiān) simply means to move or relocate, for example a company moving offices. 拆迁 specifically means the move happens because the building is being demolished.
Who is a 钉子户 in the context of 拆迁?
A 钉子户 (dīngzi hù, nail household) is a resident who refuses to move out during a 拆迁 project, usually over compensation. The house stays standing like a nail that cannot be pulled out.