迁 (qiān) is a Chinese word meaning “to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc)”.
Meanings
- 1to move
- 2to shift
- 3to change (a position or location etc)
- 4to promote
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
迁徙to migrate升迁to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department迁就to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)乔迁to move (to a superior place)迁移to migrate搬迁to move变迁changes迁怒to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)时过境迁things change with the passage of time (idiom)拆迁to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants乔迁之喜congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!迁居to move (from one residence to another)