迁居

遷居

qiānjū

verb #38,207

Meanings

1 to move (one's residence)
2 to relocate
3 to change abode

Characters

to move, relocate

to dwell, residence

Examples

他们去年迁居到北京。

Tāmen qùnián qiānjū dào Běijīng.

They moved to Beijing last year.

迁居新址后,生活方便多了。

Qiānjū xīnzhǐ hòu, shēnghuó fāngbiàn duō le.

Life has been much more convenient since moving to the new place.

Tips

register

迁居 is more formal than 搬家 (bānjiā 'move house'). Use 迁居 in written notices, official forms, or literary contexts; use 搬家 in everyday speech.

Stroke Order

迁 qiān

居 jū