遷居

See also: 迁居

Chinese

		to move; to shift	reside
trad. (遷居)		遷	居
simp. (迁居)		迁	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ geoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-ki / chhian-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianjyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chü¹
    • Yale: chyān-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjiu
    • Palladius: цяньцзюй (cjanʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ geoi¹
    • Yale: chīn gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienky
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-ku
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienkw
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/

Verb

遷居

1. to move from one residence to another

Synonyms

• 喬遷／乔迁 (qiáoqiān) (figurative)
• 徙居 (xǐjū) (literary)
• 移居 (yíjū)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 搬家 (“to move house; to move to a new home”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搬家, 遷居, 移居
Mandarin	Taiwan	搬家
	Yantai (Muping)	搬家
	Luoyang	搬家
	Xi'an	搬家
	Ürümqi	搬房子
	Singapore	搬家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搬屋
	Hong Kong	搬屋
	Taishan	搬屋
	Dongguan	搬屋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	搬屋
Gan	Nanchang	搬家
	Lichuan	搬家
Hakka	Meixian	搬屋, 搬家, 徙屋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙藪
Huizhou	Jixi	搬家
Jin	Taiyuan	搬家
Northern Min	Jian'ou	搬厝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搬厝
Southern Min	Xiamen	搬厝
	Quanzhou	搬厝
	Zhangzhou	搬厝
	Tainan	搬厝
	Penang (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Shantou	搬家
	Jieyang	搬厝, 盤厝, 徙厝
	Singapore (Teochew)	搬厝
	Leizhou	搬厝, 徙厝
	Haikou	搬厝
Wu	Shanghai	搬家, 搬人家, 搬場
	Shanghai (Chongming)	搬場
	Suzhou	搬場
	Danyang	搬家
	Hangzhou	搬房子, 搬場
	Ningbo	搬屋
	Wenzhou	搬家屋