调迁

調遷

diàoqiān

verb

Meanings

1 to transfer (a worker, official)
2 to reassign
3 to relocate

Characters

transfer / move

move / relocate

Examples

HSK 2

这次调迁对她的家庭影响很大。

Zhè cì diàoqiān duì tā de jiātíng yǐngxiǎng hěn dà.

This transfer has had a big impact on her family.

HSK 3

他被公司调迁到上海分部。

Tā bèi gōngsī diàoqiān dào Shànghǎi fēnbù.

He was transferred by the company to the Shanghai branch.

Tips

mistakes

调 has two readings: tiáo ('adjust', as in 调整) vs diào ('transfer / move', as in 调迁, 调动). Here it must be diào - the 'transfer / move' sense, not the 'adjust' sense.

Stroke Order

调 tiáo

迁 qiān