迁移 (qiān yí) — to migrate (of people, animals, or data/systems)
Definition
迁移 emphasizes a large-scale or long-distance move — people, animals, or data/systems shifting to a new location. Compare 移动 (general physical move) and 移民 (specifically people moving across borders).
verb
to migrate (of people, animals, or data/systems)
Examples
- ，迁移。Měi nián chūn tiān, hěn duō niǎo lèi cóng nán fāng qiān yí dào běi fāng.Every spring, many birds migrate from the south to the north.
- 迁移。Gōng sī jì huà bǎ fú wù qì qiān yí dào yún duān.The company plans to migrate the servers to the cloud.
- 迁移。Zhè cì rén kǒu qiān yí gǎi biàn le chéng shì de rén kǒu jié gòu.This population migration changed the city's demographic structure.
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