HSK 6 · Verbs

迁徙 qiānxǐ “to migrate” in Chinese

Traditional 遷徙

What 迁徙 means

  1. to migrate
  2. to move

How to say 迁徙

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale迁qiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale徙xǐ3rd tone, dipping

迁徙 in a sentence

  1. 每年秋天，这些鸟都会向南迁徙。

    Měinián qiūtiān, zhèxiē niǎo dōu huì xiàng nán qiānxǐ.

    Every autumn these birds migrate south.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 很多动物会随着季节迁徙。

    Hěn duō dòngwù huì suízhe jìjié qiānxǐ.

    Many animals migrate with the seasons.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 迁徙 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 迁 (qiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
迁qiānto move
  • 千thousand · qiānSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 千 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiān.

The character 徙 (xǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
徙xǐto change one’s residence
  • 彳step · chì
  • 歨part of the character

How to write 迁徙

迁 6 strokes · 徙 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 迁徙

Words with 迁

迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate变迁biànqiān · changes

More words: Common Verbs

牵扯qiānchě · to involve抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue强迫qiǎngpò · to force迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate牵制qiānzhì · to contain翘qiào · to stick up起草qǐcǎo · to draft欺负qīfu · to bully

FAQs

迁徙 (qiānxǐ) means “to migrate” or “to move”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiānxǐ: qiān with a 1st tone, then xǐ with a 3rd 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, 迁徙 is written 遷徙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qianxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迁徙 from the suggestions. Typing qianxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迁徙 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.