拆
迁

To demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants in Chinese: 拆迁 (chāi qiān)

chāi qiān

to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 拆遷1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

Stroke order

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拆
迁

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄞ

chāi

ㄔ/ chㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄑㄧㄢ

qiān

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

拆迁

Simplified

拆遷

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这一带的老房子都要拆迁了。

    zhè yí dài de lǎo fáng zi dōu yào chāi qiān le。

    The old houses in this area are all going to be demolished and the residents relocated.

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Related words

拆

chāi

to tear open

迁

qiān

to move

拆除

chāi chú

to tear down

搬迁

bān qiān

to move

变迁

biàn qiān

changes

迁就

qiān jiù

to yield

迁移

qiān yí

to migrate

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