To shift in Chinese: 转移 (zhuǎn yí)

zhuǎn yí

to shift

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 轉移1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to shift; to relocate; to transfer
  2. 2(fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
  3. 3(medicine) to metastasize

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ㄓㄨㄢˇ

zhuǎn

/ zh/ u/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄧˊ

/ iˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

转移

Simplified

轉移

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 看电影可以帮我们转移注意力。

    kàn diàn yǐng kě yǐ bāng wǒ men zhuǎn yí zhù yì lì。

    Watching a movie can help shift our attention.

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