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HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. to move
  2. 2. to shift
  3. 3. to change
  4. 4. to alter
  5. 5. to remove

Example Sentences

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她轉 了視線。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 825166)

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Words Containing 移

移动电话
yí dòng diàn huà

mobile telephone

移液器
yí yè qì

pipette

投资移民
tóu zī yí mín

investment immigration

移用
yí yòng

to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose

潜移
qián yí

intangible changes

大陆漂移
dà lù piāo yí

continental drift

骨髓移植
gǔ suǐ yí zhí

bone marrow transplant

移山倒海
yí shān dǎo hǎi

lit. to move mountains and drain seas

推移
tuī yí

(of time) to elapse or pass

运移
yùn yí

migration (geology)

成考移民
chéng kǎo yí mín

mandatory college exam for immigrants

江山易改禀性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi bǐng xìng nán yí

rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder

心脏移殖
xīn zàng yí zhí

heart transplant

潜移默化
qián yí mò huà

imperceptible influence

瞬间转移
shùn jiān zhuǎn yí

teleportation

斗转星移
dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí

lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved

移时
yí shí

for a while

移送
yí sòng

to transfer (a case, a person, files etc)

迁移
qiān yí

to migrate

移情
yí qíng

to redirect one's affections

移调
yí diào

to transpose (music)

网络迁移
wǎng luò qiān yí

network migration

移动
yí dòng

to move

转移安置
zhuǎn yí ān zhì

to relocate

移风易俗
yí fēng yì sú

to reform habits and customs (idiom)

移情别恋
yí qíng bié liàn

change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love

移栽
yí zāi

to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)

意念移物
yì niàn yí wù

telekinesis

转移支付
zhuǎn yí zhī fù

transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)

坚定不移
jiān dìng bù yí

unswerving

移开
yí kāi

to move away

移动式
yí dòng shì

mobile

江山易改,本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí

it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)

搬移
bān yí

to move (house)

移师
yí shī

to move troops to

移住
yí zhù

to migrate

输移
shū yí

(sediment) transport

移转
yí zhuǎn

to shift

移民工
yí mín gōng

migrant worker

位移
wèi yí

displacement (vector)

移山志
yí shān zhì

the will to move mountains

移动性
yí dòng xìng

mobility

游移
yóu yí

to wander

移动设备
yí dòng shè bèi

mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc)

确凿不移
què záo bù yí

established and irrefutable (idiom)

可移植
kě yí zhí

portable (programming language)

移植
yí zhí

to transplant

移除
yí chú

to remove

远端转移
yuǎn duān zhuǎn yí

metastasis

移民者
yí mín zhě

migrant

星移斗转
xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn

lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved

移民局
yí mín jú

immigration office

移植性
yí zhí xìng

portability

移动式电话
yí dòng shì diàn huà

mobile telephone

可移植性
kě yí zhí xìng

portability (programming language)

移植手术
yí zhí shǒu shù

(organ) transplant operation

拖移
tuō yí

to tow

平移
píng yí

translation (geometry)

冠状动脉旁路移植手术
guān zhuàng dòng mài páng lù yí zhí shǒu shù

coronary bypass operation

不移
bù yí

steadfast

转移视线
zhuǎn yí shì xiàn

to shift one's eyes

寸步难移
cùn bù nán yí

see 寸步難行|寸步难行[cùn bù nán xíng]

转移
zhuǎn yí

to shift; to relocate; to transfer

移机
yí jī

to relocate a piece of equipment (air conditioner etc)

本性难移
běn xìng nán yí

It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.

游移不定
yóu yí bù dìng

to oscillate without pause (idiom)

移位
yí wèi

to shift

恶性转移
è xìng zhuǎn yí

(medicine) metastasis

习俗移性
xí sú yí xìng

one's habits change with long custom

飘移
piāo yí

to drift

巨量转移
jù liàng zhuǎn yí

mass transfer (in LED panel manufacturing)

前移式叉车
qián yí shì chā chē

reach truck

贫贱不能移
pín jiàn bù néng yí

not shaken by poverty

移动平均线
yí dòng píng jūn xiàn

moving average (in financial analysis)

移去
yí qù

to move away

红移
hóng yí

red shift (astronomy)

器官移殖
qì guān yí zhí

organ transplant

漂移
piāo yí

to drift

款语移时
kuǎn yǔ yí shí

to talk slowly and in depth (idiom)

移交
yí jiāo

to transfer

移花接木
yí huā jiē mù

lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom)

移民
yí mín

to immigrate

偏移
piān yí

displacement

滑移
huá yí

to slip

蓝移
lán yí

blue shift (astronomy)

移居
yí jū

to migrate

迁居移民
qiān jū yí mín

immigration

转移阵地
zhuǎn yí zhèn dì

to move one's base (of operations)

中国移动通信
zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn

China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)

移动通信网络
yí dòng tōng xìn wǎng luò

cell phone network

移送法办
yí sòng fǎ bàn

to bring to justice; to hand over to the law

移借
yí jiè

to put to a different use