移 (ji4 | yi2) : move, remove; transform, change

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移

ji4

yi2

[1] move; remove; shift
[2] transform; change; alter

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 禾 (#115)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

移

This word has been viewed 6668 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Mar 2014 13:29

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移民 ji4 man4 yi2 min2 = to immigrate; to emigrate

移動 ji4 dung6 yi2 dong4 = mobile

轉移 zyun2 ji4 zhuan3 yi2 = to shift; to transfer

物換星移 mat6 wun6 sing1 ji4 wu4 huan4 xing1 yi2 = things change with the passing of time

移居 ji4 geoi1 = migration; emigration; to immigrate

移交 ji4 gaau1 yi2 jiao1 = transfer; hand over

非法移民 fei1 faat3 ji4 man4 = an illegal entrant, illegal immigrant

不能移動的 bat1 nang4 ji4 dung6 dik1 bu4 neng2 yi2 dong4 de5 = immovable 國

心臟移殖 sam1 zong6 ji4 zik6 xin1 zang4 yi2 zhi2 = heart transplant

搬移 bun1 ji4 ban1 yi2 = to move, remove, shift
See all 38 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 移

真係住得背，而家先知佢移民咗！粵
I am really not well informed. It is now that I learn he has migrated.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 移
Unicode code for this character: U+79fb (off-site link)

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