移位

yíwèi
verb #33,341

Meanings

  1. 1 to shift
  2. 2 to displace
  3. 3 dislocation (medical)
  4. 4 translocation

Examples

Tā shuāidǎo hòu jiānguānjié yíwèi le.
His shoulder joint dislocated after the fall.
Wénzì biānjí zhōng yào xiǎoxīn guāngbiāo yíwèi.
When editing text, watch out for the cursor shifting.

Tips

usage
Used across medicine (joint dislocation, organ displacement), genetics (chromosomal translocation), and computing (bit shift). The common thread: something ends up out of its proper position.

Stroke Order

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