迁徙 qiānxǐ to migrate
to migrate; to move
How to remember 迁徙: 迁 to shift + 徙 to move = to migrate.
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How it is used
- To migrate - large-scale, especially animals or populations - 候鸟每年迁徙 (hòuniǎo měinián qiānxǐ) migratory birds migrate every year.
- Formal/literary; used of seasonal animal migration and historical mass movements of people (人口迁徙 population migration).
- 迁徙 evokes long-distance, natural or historic movement; 迁移 (qiānyí) is more neutral/technical (also used for data/cell migration); 搬家 is everyday moving house.