迁 qiān to shift
to shift; to move; to change
怎么记住“迁”: 辶 road + 千 thousand = to shift. The family drives one thousand kilometres down the road with the whole house in a van, because Dad's new job means they have to shift.
部件结构
迁 = 辶 road + 千 thousand
- 辶 road
- 千 thousand
- ㇒ falling stroke
- 十 ten
The family drives one thousand kilometres down the road with the whole house in a van, because Dad's new job means 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.