HSK 5 · Society

移民 yímín “to immigrate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 移民 means

  1. to immigrate
  2. to migrate
  3. emigrant
  4. immigrant

How to say 移民

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale移yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising

移民 in a sentence

  1. 你何时移民到我们国家？

    Nǐ héshí yímín dào wǒmen guójiā?

    When did you immigrate to our country?

    Sentence #779038 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 美国是一个移民国家。

    Měiguó shì yí ge yímín guójiā.

    America is a nation of immigrants.

    Sentence #844610 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 移民 can also mean “immigrant”

    许多移民改了名字。

    Xǔduō yímín gǎi le míngzi.

    Many of the immigrants changed their names.

    Sentence #5685912 from Tatoeba

How 移民 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 移 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
移yíto move
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 多much · duō
The character 民 (mín) with each of its parts in a different colour
民mínthe people
  • 巳part of the character
  • 戈halberd · gē

How to write 移民

移 11 strokes · 民 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 移民

Words with 移

移动yídòng · to move转移zhuǎnyí · to transfer潜移默化qiányímòhuà · to influence subtly over time

Words with 民

民族mínzú · nationality农民nóngmín · farmer人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)居民jūmín · resident渔民yúmín · fisherman公民gōngmín · citizen民间mínjiān · folk民主mínzhǔ · democracy殖民地zhímíndì · colony

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FAQs

移民 (yímín) means “to immigrate” or “to migrate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yímín: yí with a 2nd tone, then mín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 移民 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yimin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 移民 from the suggestions. Typing yimin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
移民 is an HSK 5 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.