转移

轉移

zhuǎnyí

verb HSK 4 #2,262

Meanings

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

Characters

to transfer; to shift

to move; to shift

To shift and move — to transfer or relocate

Examples

居民已经安全转移了。

Jūmín yǐjīng ānquán zhuǎnyí le.

The residents have been safely relocated.

他想转移话题。

Tā xiǎng zhuǎnyí huàtí.

He wanted to change the subject.

公司准备把工厂转移到别的城市。

Gōngsī zhǔnbèi bǎ gōngchǎng zhuǎnyí dào bié de chéngshì.

The company plans to relocate the factory to another city.

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