迁 (qiān) - to move & to change
迁 · qiān
to move;
to change;
to transfer;
to relocate;
to promote or demote in official position.
to moveto changeto transfer
Usage highlights
to move houseto relocate the capitalmigrationto move to a new locationpromotion and demotionto move a grave
Usage & contexts
Examples
- The company will relocate its headquarters (迁都).
- They moved to a new city (迁居).
- The government relocated residents for the project (迁移).
- He was promoted to a higher position (升迁).
Collocations
- to move house(迁居)
- to relocate the capital(迁都)
- migration(迁移)
- to move to a new location(迁址)
- promotion and demotion(升迁)
- to move a grave(迁坟)
Idioms
- Moving one's abode thrice makes a good neighbor(孟母三迁)
- To change one's views to suit another(迁就)
- To change with each passing day(日迁月化)
- To be slow in movement and speech(迁缓)
Cultural background
FAQ- Historically associated with official transfers and capital relocations in imperial China.
- The story of Mencius's mother moving three times (孟母三迁) is a famous parable about the importance of environment in education.