thiên di
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰiən˧˧ zi˧˧/
Central
/tʰiəŋ˧˥ ji˧˥/
Southern
/tʰiəŋ˧˧ ji˧˧/
Listen
migrate
Verb
migrate
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
migrate
A verb meaning to move from one place or region to another, often seasonally.
vi Chim én thường thiên di về phương nam vào mùa đông.
en Swallows often migrate south in the winter.
Parts
thiên / di / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 遷移 …
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Parts
thiên / di / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 遷移 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 遷移
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
遷移
Candidates by syllable
thiên
天
di
遺（荑）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
di dân / di cư / migrate
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Similar
di dân / di cư / migrate
Use
thiên tài / thiên hạ / thiên chúa / thiên thần …
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Use
thiên tài / thiên hạ / thiên chúa / thiên thần …