Meaning
to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
Chinese: 移动、转移。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 移 is the 2nd 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
- 移动yí dòngto move; movement; migration; mobile
- 转移zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention)
- 移民yí mínto immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant
- 潜移默化qián yí mò huàimperceptible influence; to influence secretly
- 移植yí zhíto transplant
Example Sentence
请帮我把桌子往左移一点儿。Qǐng bāng wǒ bǎ zhuō zi wǎng zuǒ yí yì diǎnr.Please help me move the table a little to the left.
请qǐngto ask帮bāngto help我wǒI把bǎ(marks the object)桌子zhuō zitable往wǎngtoward左zuǒleft移yíto move一点儿yī diǎn rerhua variant of 一点。