HSK 6 · Verbs

转移 zhuǎnyí “to transfer” in Chinese

Traditional 轉移

What 转移 means

  1. to transfer
  2. to shift
  3. to divert
  4. to relocate
  5. (fig.) to shift (attention)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to change (the subject etc)
  • (medicine) to metastasise

How to say 转移

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale转zhuǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale移yí2nd tone, rising

转移 in a sentence

  1. 她转移了视线。

    Tā zhuǎnyí le shìxiàn.

    She looked away.

    Sentence #825166 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 图阿雷格人该把他们的牲畜转移到山谷去了。

    Tú'āléigé rén gāi bǎ tāmen de shēngchù zhuǎnyí dào shāngǔ qù le.

    It’s time for the Tuareg to move their herds to the valley.

    Sentence #13573399 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 转移 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 转 (zhuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
转zhuǎnto turn
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 专concentrated · zhuānSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 专 (zhuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuǎn.

The character 移 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
移yíto move
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 多much · duō

How to write 转移

转 8 strokes · 移 11 strokes

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转移 (zhuǎnyí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 转移 (zhuǎnyí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 转移

Words with 转

转zhuǎn · to turn转告zhuǎngào · to pass on转变zhuǎnbiàn · to change转达zhuǎndá · to pass on扭转niǔzhuǎn · to turn around旋转xuánzhuǎn · to rotate周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)转折zhuǎnzhé · turning point

Words with 移

移动yídòng · to move移民yímín · to immigrate潜移默化qiányímòhuà · to influence subtly over time

More words: Common Verbs

中断zhōngduàn · to interrupt终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate拄zhǔ · to lean on (a stick)拽zhuài · to pull坠zhuì · to fall着手zhuóshǒu · to set about注视zhùshì · to gaze at铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)

FAQs

转移 (zhuǎnyí) means “to transfer” or “to shift”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuǎnyí: zhuǎn with a 3rd tone, then yí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 转移 is written 轉移. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 转移 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
转移 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.