qiān

to move; to change (a position or location etc); to shift

Character data

Radical ⾡ (162.12)
Strokes 15
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Definitions

遷 qiān
  1. 1. to move
  2. 2. to change (a position or location etc)
  3. 3. to shift
  4. 4. to promote

Words containing 遷

Word Meaning
past is past; things have changed
to relocate; to move elsewhere
reappointed; to promote again
promotion; promote
Jonathan Spence, historian of China
Sima Qian, Han dynasty historian
to move (to a superior place); promotion
joy of a new home; housewarming congratulations
attached to home; unwilling to move away
Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
feelings change with circumstances (idiom)
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
to move; to relocate; removal
relocated household; unit that has moved
things change with the passage of time (idiom)
great migration of peoples
network migration
fickle; change as soon as you see new things
to transfer; to move; to shift
changes; vicissitudes
be rapidly promoted; promoted ahead of time
transition; jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy)
to move in (to new lodging)
Qian'an county level city in Tangshan táng shān, Hebei
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