乔迁

喬遷
qiáoqiān
verb #18,342

Meanings

  1. 1 to move to a better place
  2. 2 to relocate (to a new home)

Examples

Gōngxǐ qiáoqiān zhī xǐ!
Congratulations on moving to your new home!
Tāmen xià gè yuè qiáoqiān xīnjū.
They are moving to their new home next month.

Tips

register
乔迁 is a formal/literary word for moving house. In everyday speech, people say 搬家 (bānjiā). 乔迁 is mostly seen in congratulatory phrases like 乔迁.
history
Originally from the Book of Songs (): a bird moving from a dark valley to a tall tree. The metaphor of upward movement gave 乔迁 its meaning of moving to a better place.

Stroke Order

qiáo
qiān