Meaning
to move; to shift
Chinese: 迁移、搬动。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qian” becomes a different word in each tone. 迁 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 拆迁chāi qiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
- 迁徙qiān xǐto migrate; to move
- 变迁biàn qiānchanges; vicissitudes
- 迁就qiān jiùto yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)
- 迁移qiān yíto migrate; to move
Example Sentence
因为工作的原因，他们一家搬迁到了北京。Yīn wèi gōng zuò de yuán yīn, tā men yì jiā bān qiān dào le Běi jīng.For work reasons, their family moved to Beijing.
因为Yīn wèibecause工作gōng zuòto work的deof原因yuán yīncause，他们tā menthey一家yì jiāthe whole family搬迁bān qiānto move到了dào leat last北Běinorth京jīngshort name for Beijing 北京。