迁 meaning in English

qiān

to move; to shift

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 遷6 strokes

Meaning of 迁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiān
  1. to move
  2. to shift
  3. to change (a position or location etc)
  4. to promote

迁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

越yuè来lái越yuè多duō的de人rén迁qiān往wǎng市shì区qū。
More and more people are moving to urban areas.
星xīng期qī五wǔ是shì乔qiáo迁qiān派pài对duì!
Friday is housewarming party!
燕yàn子zi在zài迁qiān移yí。
The swallows are migrating.
每měi个gè人rén在zài各gè国guó境jìng内nèi均jūn享xiǎng有yǒu迁qiān徙xǐ自zì由yóu与yǔ居jū住zhù自zì由yóu的de权quán利lì。
Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
斑bān尾wěi塍chéng鹬yù从cóng阿ā拉lā斯sī加jiā迁qiān徙xǐ至zhì纽niǔ西xī兰lán。
The bar-tailed godwit migrates from Alaska to New Zealand.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

迁 qiān · to move · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 迁.

拆迁chāiqiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
迁移qiānyíto migrate; to move
迁就qiānjiùto yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)
搬迁bānqiānto move; to relocate
变迁biànqiānchanges; vicissitudes
迁徙qiānxǐto migrate; to move
升迁shēngqiānto advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new depart

Questions about 迁

What does 迁 mean?

迁 (qiān) means "to move; to shift" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 迁?

迁 is made of 1 character: 迁 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 迁 an HSK word?

Yes. 迁 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 迁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 迁 is written 遷.