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迁移

qiānyí

to move, to relocate

Part of speech · verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 许多居民被迫迁移到别处。
    Many residents were forced to migrate elsewhere.
  2. 候鸟每年向南方迁移。
    Migratory birds move south every year.

Collocations

人口迁移迁移到迁移路线被迫迁移

Mnemonic

迁 qiān "to move, relocate" + 移 yí "to move, shift": both mean to move, i.e. to migrate, to relocate. Korean renders it as "to migrate, move". People, animals or data moving from one place to another (人口迁移 population migration, 候鸟迁移 bird migration). A synonym compound. 迁 means "to move" (搬迁 to relocate, 变迁 vicissitudes); 移 means "to move" (移动 to move, 移民 to emigrate).

Related

搬迁移动迁徙转移

Quick check

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