迁 qiān to shift
to shift; to move; to change
怎么记住“迁”: 辶 walking + 千 thousand = to shift. The new flat is only one thousand steps away, so the family goes walking back and forth all day with every box, because they have to shift.
部件结构
迁 = 辶 walking + 千 thousand
- 辶 walking
- 千 thousand
- ㇒ falling stroke
- 十 ten
The new flat is only one thousand steps away, so the family goes walking back and forth all day with every box, because they have to shift.
用法
- Core sense 'to move/relocate': 搬迁 (bānqiān) to relocate, 迁移 (qiānyí) to migrate, 变迁 (biànqiān) vicissitudes/changes over time.
- 迁就 (qiānjiù) has a special sense: to accommodate or give in to someone, often over-indulgently: 别总是迁就孩子 (bié zǒngshì qiānjiù háizi) don't always give in to the child.
- 拆迁 (chāiqiān), demolish-and-relocate, is a loaded urban-development term in modern China.