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title: "Qianyi Meaning: 迁移 (to migrate) or 歉意 (apology)?"
description: "迁移 (traditional 遷移, qiānyí) means “to migrate; to move”. Not the qianyi you heard? See 歉意. Hear its tones, see what 迁 and 移 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qianyi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 迁移 mean?

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迁移 qiānyí

## to migrate; to move

## It can also mean

- (computing) to migrate (data)

## Its characters

1. 迁 qiān to move
2. 移 yí to move

## In a sentence

很多农村人口向城市迁移。 Many rural people are migrating to the cities.

[More about 迁移](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%81%E7%A7%BB)

## Other words said qianyi

- [歉意qiànyìapology](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AD%89%E6%84%8F)

## More words with 迁 or 移

- [搬迁 bānqiān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banqian)
- [拆迁 chāiqiān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chaiqian)
- [坚定不移 jiāndìng-bùyí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiandingbuyi)
- [移动 yídòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/yidong)
- [移交 yíjiāo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/yijiao)
- [移民 yímín](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/yimin)
- [转移 zhuǎnyí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhuanyi)

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