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转移

轉移
zhuǎnyí
verb HSK 4 #2,262

Meanings

  1. 1 to shift; to transfer
  2. 2 to relocate; to move
  3. 3 to divert (attention)

Characters

转
zhuǎn
to transfer; to shift
移
yí
to move; to shift
To shift and move - to transfer or relocate

Examples

HSK 3
他想转移话题。
Tā xiǎng zhuǎnyí huàtí.
He wanted to change the subject.
HSK 3
公司准备把工厂转移到别的城市。
Gōngsī zhǔnbèi bǎ gōngchǎng zhuǎnyí dào biéde chéngshì.
The company plans to relocate the factory to another city.
HSK 4
居民已经安全转移了。
Jūmín yǐjīng ānquán zhuǎnyí le.
The residents have been safely relocated.

Tips

usage
转移 is versatile: 转移注意力 (divert attention), 转移话题 (change the topic), 转移财产 (transfer assets), 转移阵地 (relocate position). It always implies moving something from one place/state to another.
grammar
In medical contexts, 转移 refers to cancer metastasis: 癌细胞转移了 (the cancer cells have metastasized).

Stroke Order

转 zhuǎn
移 yí