Learn Chinese Characters

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.

qǐngto askbāngto helpI(marks the object)桌子zhuō zitablewǎngtowardzuǒleftto move一点儿yī diǎn rerhua variant of 一点