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qiān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiān | qian1
English translation
to move
to shift
to change (a position or location etc)
to promote
to shift, to move; to transfer, to change

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About qiān

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

qiān

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of qiān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶千

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of qiān .

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Example sentences using qiān

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这些 zhè xiē diǎo 春天 chūn tiān Xiàng běi 迁徙 qiānxǐ ,秋天 qiū tiān 向南 xiàng nán 迁徙 qiānxǐ .

These birds migrate northwards in spring and southwards in fall.

zài 昨晚 zuó wǎn 庆祝 qìngzhù 约翰 Yuē hàn 乔迁之喜 qiáo qiān zhī xǐ de 晚会 wǎn huì shǎng ,我们 wǒmen 玩得 hěn 痛快 tòngkuài .

We were really living it up at John's housewarming party last night.

有些 yǒu xiē diǎo Suí 季节 jìjié 迁徙 qiānxǐ .

Some birds migrate as season changes.

冬天 dōng tiān shí ,许多 xǔduō 鸟类 niǎo lèi 迁徙 qiānxǐ 南方 nán fāng .

Many birds migrate south for the winter.

gāi 光谱 guāng pǔ 表明 biǎomíng ,聚乙 lèi 已经 yǐjīng 迁移 qiān yí dào 人造 rén zào 橡胶 xiàng jiāo de 表面 biǎomiàn .

The spectrum indicates that a polyethylene - like species has migrated to the surface of the elastomer.

Words with qiān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拆迁 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants拆遷
qiān to move qiān
搬迁 bān qiān to move搬遷
迁移 qiān yí to migrate遷移
迁徙 qiānxǐ to migrate遷徙
迁就 qiānjiù to yield遷就
升迁 shēng qiān promote升遷
变迁 biànqiān changes變遷
乔迁 qiáo qiān promotion喬遷
迁怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)遷怒
时过境迁 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom)時過境遷
迁入 qiān rù to move in (to new lodging)遷入
迁居 qiān jū to move (from one residence to another)遷居
乔迁之喜 qiáo qiān zhī xǐ congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!喬遷之喜
司马迁 Sī mǎ Qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记 Shǐ jì [Shǐ​jì], known as the father of Chinese historiography司馬遷
见异思迁 jiàn yì sī qiān never satisfied with what one has見異思遷
事过境迁 shì guò jìng qiān It is water under the bridge.事過境遷
宿迁 Sù qiān Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu宿遷
迁都 qiān dū to move the capital (city)遷都
迁延 qiān yán long delay遷延
跃迁 yuè qiān transition躍遷
宿迁市 Sù qiān shì Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu宿遷市
迁安 Qiān ān Qian'an county level city in Tangshan 唐山 Táng shān [Táng​shān], Hebei遷安

qiān Decomposition & Compounds

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qiān Decomposition

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qiān Compounds

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