移 (yí): to move, to shift, to change
移 (yí) is a Chinese character meaning “to move.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (structural) and 多 (structural). It ranks #880 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to move
- to shift
- to change
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 移
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移植 | yí zhí | to transplant |
| 移民局 | yí mín jú | immigration office |
| 移交 | yí jiāo | to transfer |
| 漂移 | piāo yí | to drift |
| 移居 | yí jū | to migrate |
| 迁移 | qiān yí | to migrate |
| 推移 | tuī yí | (of time) to elapse |
| 坚定不移 | jiān dìng bù yí | unswerving |
| 移送 | yí sòng | to transfer (a case, a person, files etc) |
| 移位 | yí wèi | to shift |
| 偏移 | piān yí | displacement |
| 位移 | wèi yí | (geometry) displacement (a vector quantity) |
| 潜移默化 | qián yí mò huà | imperceptible influence |
| 平移 | píng yí | translation (geometry) |
| 游移 | yóu yí | to wander |
移 appears in 96 compound words: 45 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 移 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
to graft one twig on another; to graft; to stealthily substitute one thing for another
to turn one's back on one's lover and develop affection for another; to have a new sweetheart
to wander; to shift around; to waver; to vacillate; to wobble; to hesitate; to be indecisive
to graft one twig on another; to graft; to stealthily substitute one thing for another
to turn one's back on one's lover and develop affection for another; to have a new sweetheart
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 移.
Example Sentences
了解移字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè yí zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "移" (to move) helps us grasp Chinese culture.
台商境外布局注意!萨摩亚移出欧盟税务不合作黑名单、越南因资讯交换不...
tái shāng jìng wài bù jú zhù yì ! sà mó yà yí chū ōu méng shuì wù bù gě zuò hēi míng dān , yuè nán yīn zī xùn jiāo huàn bù . . .
Pay attention to the overseas layout of Taiwanese businessmen! Samoa was removed from the EU tax non-cooperation blacklist, and Vietnam was unable to exchange information...
猫咪“小五郎”前肢伤口深难痊愈 专业兽医移植皮肤手术终康复
māo 咪 xiǎo wǔ láng qián zhī shāng kǒu shēn nán 痊 yù zhuān yè shòu yī yí zhí pí fū shǒu shù zhōng kāng fù
The cat "Kogoro" forelimb wound is difficult to heal, and the professional veterinarian finally recovered from skin transplant surgery
【座标移动中】邹欣宁/他们膜拜的,是一整座森林
zuò biāo yí dòng zhōng 邹 xīn nìng tā men mó bài de , shì yī zhěng zuò sēn lín
[Coordinates moving] Zou Xinning/What they worship is a whole forest
移植心脏运送遭干冰冻坏 男童苦撑2月亡
yí zhí xīn zāng yùn sòng zāo gān bīng dòng huài nán tóng kǔ chēng 2 yuè wáng
The transplanted heart was damaged by dry ice and the boy died in February
... 人口感染的 EB 病毒取得关键突破,为移植患者带来新希望
. . . rén kǒu gǎn rǎn de E B bìng dú qǔ dé guān jiàn tū pò , wéi yí zhí huàn zhě dài lái xīn xī wàng
... A key breakthrough in population-infected EBV brings new hope to transplant patients
牛群在郁郁葱葱的草地上缓缓移动着。
Niúqún zài yùyù-cōngcōng de cǎodì shàng huǎnhuǎn yídòng zhe.
The cows were moving very slowly through the long green grass.
非洲是转移的大洲。
Fēizhōu shì zhuǎnyí de dàzhōu.
Africa is a continent of migration.
你可以移一移那张椅子吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ yí yī yí nà zhāng yǐzi ma?
Could you move the chair a bit?
手指在键盘上快速的移动。
Shǒuzhǐ zài jiànpán shàng kuàisù de yídòng.
The fingers move fast on the keyboard.
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