qiān

move, shift, change; transfer; relocate a capital city

HSK 6 #1630

DEFINITIONS

  • move, shift, change
  • transfer
  • relocate a capital city
  • to move
  • to shift
  • to change (a position or location etc)
  • to promote

STROKES

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WORDS

徙 qiān xǐ to migrate; to move
就 qiān jiù to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth)
biàn qiān changes; vicissitudes
shēng qiān promote; promotion
qiáo qiān to move (to a superior place); promotion
移 qiān yí to migrate; to move
bān qiān to move; to relocate; removal
怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)
时过境 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom)
chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
之喜 qiáo qiān zhī xǐ congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!
居 qiān jū to move (from one residence to another)
入 qiān rù to move in (to new lodging)
事过境 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).; It is water under the bridge.
见异思 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty; never satisfied with what one has
司马 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
tā qiān to relocate; to move elsewhere
zài qiān to promote again; reappointed
史景 shǐ jǐng qiān Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The search for modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国
安土重 ān tǔ zhòng qiān to hate to leave a place where one has lived long; to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it
宿 sù qiān Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
宿市 sù qiān shì Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
情随事 qíng suí shì qiān feelings change with circumstances (idiom)
户 bān qiān hù relocated household; unit that has moved
民族大徙 mín zú dà qiān xǐ great migration of peoples
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