Meaning of 移动
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to move
- movement
- migration
- mobile
- portable
How to use 移动
移动 often describes changing the position of an object, a person, or a group, and it also appears as an adjective meaning mobile, as in 移动电话 (yídòng diànhuà) mobile phone. Example: 请把桌子往左移动一点。(Qǐng bǎ zhuōzi wǎng zuǒ yídòng yìdiǎn.) Please move the table a little to the left.
移 (yí) means to shift something from one place to another, and 动 (dòng) means to move. Put them together and you get a change of position: 移动 (yídòng), to move or relocate.
Common mistake: Learners often use 移动 for physical exercise or emotional touching, but those are 运动 (yùndòng) and 感动 (gǎndòng). Also note that 移 is second tone (yí), not fourth tone like 动.
移动 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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移 yí · to move · 11 strokes
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动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 移动.
| 动作 | dòngzuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 行动 | xíngdòng | operation; action |
| 动物 | dòngwù | animal |
| 活动 | huódòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 | yùndòng | to move; to exercise |
| 感动 | gǎndòng | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally) |
| 动物园 | dòngwùyuán | zoo |
| 发动 | fādòng | to start; to launch |
| 自动 | zìdòng | automatic; voluntarily |
| 主动 | zhǔdòng | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord |
| 动力 | dònglì | motive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus |
| 推动 | tuīdòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
Questions about 移动
What does 移动 mean?
移动 (yídòng) means "to move; movement" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 移动?
移动 is made of 2 characters: 移 (11 strokes), 动 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 移动 an HSK word?
Yes. 移动 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 移动 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 移动 is written 移動.
What is the difference between 移动 and 搬 (bān)?
搬 means to carry or haul something, often heavy, and is used for moving house, as in 搬家 (bānjiā). 移动 is more general and a bit more formal. It just means changing position, and it works for things like cursors, clouds, or troops.
Why is China Mobile called 中国移动?
Here 移动 means mobile, short for 移动通信 (yídòng tōngxìn) mobile communications. People commonly just say 移动 to refer to the company or mobile networks in general.