qiān

to move

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

movement (辶) + sound (千) = to move or relocate

The movement radical 辶 carries the core idea: picking up and traveling elsewhere. 千 mainly contributes the sound qiān and doesn't add meaning here.

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他们一家人去年到了南方。

tā men yī jiā rén qù nián qiān dào le nán fāng。

Their whole family moved to the south last year.

公司决定把总部到城市中心。

gōng sī jué dìng bǎ zǒng bù qiān dào chéng shì zhōng xīn。

The company decided to move its headquarters to the city center.

Words with 迁

迁入

qiān rù

to move in (to new lodging)

迁安

qiān ān

see 遷安市|迁安市[Qian1 an1 Shi4]

迁安市

qiān ān shì

Qian'an, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei

迁就

qiān jiù

to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)

迁居

qiān jū

to move (from one residence to another)

迁居移民

qiān jū yí mín

immigration

迁延

qiān yán

long delay

迁徙

qiān xǐ

to migrate

迁怒

qiān nù

to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)

迁怒于人

qiān nù yú rén

to vent one's anger on an innocent party (idiom)

迁移

qiān yí

to migrate

迁西

qiān xī

see 遷西縣|迁西县[Qian1 xi1 Xian4]

More characters with 辶