迁移 meaning in English

qiānyí

to migrate; to move

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 遷移17 strokes

Meaning of 迁移

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiānyí
  1. to migrate
  2. to move

迁移 in example sentences

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

燕yàn子zi在zài迁qiān移yí。
The swallows are migrating.

Stroke order for each character

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迁 qiān · to move · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  5. 5
  6. 6

移 yí · to move · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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  9. 9
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 迁移.

移动yídòngto move; movement
转移zhuǎnyíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject et
移民yímínto immigrate; to migrate
拆迁chāiqiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
移植yízhíto transplant
移交yíjiāoto transfer; to hand over
迁就qiānjiùto yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)
推移tuīyí(of time) to elapse; to pass; (of a situation) to develop; to evolve
搬迁bānqiānto move; to relocate
变迁biànqiānchanges; vicissitudes
潜移默化qiányí-mòhuàimperceptible influence; to influence secretly
愚公移山yúgōng-yíshānthe old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way

Questions about 迁移

What does 迁移 mean?

迁移 (qiānyí) means "to migrate; to move" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 迁移?

迁移 is made of 2 characters: 迁 (6 strokes), 移 (11 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 迁移 an HSK word?

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

How is 迁移 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 迁移 is written 遷移.